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    1) Reported speech is used to report what someone else has said and involves changing the tense and pronouns when moving from direct to reported speech. 2) Different reporting verbs like say, tell, ask are used depending on whether a statement, question, or command is being reported. 3) Pronouns, time and place expressions need to be changed to reflect the new context when moving from direct to reported speech.

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    1) Reported speech is used to report what someone else has said and involves changing the tense and pronouns when moving from direct to reported speech. 2) Different reporting verbs like say, tell, ask are used depending on whether a statement, question, or command is being reported. 3) Pronouns, time and place expressions need to be changed to reflect the new context when moving from direct to reported speech.

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    Reported Speech

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    Gabriel Muñoz Ruiz
    1) Reported speech is used to report what someone else has said and involves changing the tense and pronouns when moving from direct to reported speech. 2) Different reporting verbs like say, tell, ask are used depending on whether a statement, question, or command is being reported. 3) Pronouns, time and place expressions need to be changed to reflect the new context when moving from direct to reported speech.

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    REPORTED SPEECH - Present

    DIRECT REPORTED
    Present simple Past simple
    I watch TV He said he watched TV

    Present continuous Past continuous


    I am watching TV He said he was watching TV

    Present perfect simple Past perfect simple


    I have watched TV He said he had watched TV
    REPORTED SPEECH - Past
    DIRECT REPORTED
    Past simple Past perfect simple
    I watched TV He said he had watched TV

    Past continuous Past perfect continuous


    I was watching TV He said he had been watching TV

    Past perfect simple Past perfect simple


    I have watched TV He said he had watched TV
    REPORTED SPEECH - Future & Modals
    DIRECT REPORTED
    Will Would
    I will watch TV He said he would watch TV

    Am/is/are going to Was/were going to


    I am going to watch TV He said he was going to watch TV

    Can Could
    I can watch TV He said he could watch TV

    Must Have to

    I must watch TV He said he had to watch TV


    REPORTED SPEECH - say & tell
    ● Say and tell are reporting verbs with same meaning but different use:

    SAY TELL
    say (+that) + reported speech tell + indirect object (+that) + reported speech
    The policeman said (that) they arrested the
    burglar The policeman told me that they had arrested
    the burglar

    We don’t use say for reported orders or instructions.


    We use tell + object (+not) + to + infinitive instead.
    REPORTED SPEECH - reporting verbs
    ● Some other verbs:

    verb + that clause verb + object + to + verb + to + infinitive verb + gerund


    infinitive

    declare invite agree apologise (for)


    explain tell promise suggest
    say order offer
    suggest warn refuse
    insist remind decide
    recommend advise

    He declared that he He told her to sit down She offered to pay for She apologized for
    loved her the tickets being late
    REPORTED SPEECH - pronouns & possessive adjectives
    ● We must change words referred to who the speaker is talking about:

    Direct speech Reported speech Direct speech Reported speech

    I She/he My Her/his
    We They Your My/her/his/our/their
    You I/she/he/we/they Our Their
    They They
    She She
    He He
    It
    REPORTED SPEECH - time expressions
    ● We must change words referred to when he or she is speaking:

    Direct speech Reported speech

    Time expressions

    Now Then/at the moment


    Today That day
    Tonight That night
    This (morning/week/month/year) That (morning/week/month/year)
    Yesterday The day before
    Last (week/month/year) The (week/month/year) before
    (Two days/a year) ago (Two days/a year) earlier
    Tomorrow The next/following day
    Next week The next/following (week)
    REPORTED SPEECH - place expressions
    ● We must change words referred to where the speaker is:

    Direct speech Reported speech

    Place expressions

    This That
    These Those
    Here There

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