REPORTED SPEECH

A) USAGE
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
The exact words someone said. Someone tells us what someone else said.
“I play football,” she said. She said (that) she played football.

B) FORM
SAY +SOMETHING TELL+SOMEONE+SOMETHING
She said (that) she played football. She told me (that) she played football.
REPORTED STATEMENTS (TENSE CHANGES)
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Present Simple “I play football,” she said. Past simple She told me she played football.
Present Continuous “I am playing football,” she said. Past Continuous She said she was playing football.
Past Continuous “I was playing football,” she said. --- ---
Past Simple “I played football,” she said. Past Perfect She said she had played football.
Present Perfect “I have played football,” she said.
Future “going to” “I’m going to play football,” she said. ?No tiene nombre She said she was going to play
football.
Future “will” “I will play football,” she said. Conditional Simple She told she would play football.
Can “I can play football,” she said. Could She said she could play football.
Must “I must play football,” she said. Had to She said she had to play football.
Have to/ has to “I have to play football,” she said.
 ADVERB CHANGES
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Here There
Ago Before/earlier
Yesterday The day before/ the previous day
Last week/last month The week before/the month before
Now Then
Today/tonight//this morning That day/that night// that morning
Tomorrow / The following day //
Tomorrow morning/afternoon The following morning/afternoon
Next week/month The following week/month

Don’t forget to change pronouns in reported speech if needed!!!

 REPORTED QUESTIONS
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
yes/ no questions asked + if/ whether
“Did you see the burglar?”, the police officer asked. The police office asked if/whether I had seen the
burglar.
wh-/how questions
“When does the trial start?”, she asked. She asked me when the trial started.
“Where did you see the shoplifter?”, he asked. He asked them where they had seen the shoplifter.

REQUESTS
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
“Could you help me?”, mum asked. Mum asked me to help her.
IMPERATIVE FORM
“Write your statement on the form”, she said. She told him to write his statement on the form.
 REPORTING VERBS
1. verb + infinitive with (not) to agree
offer
refuse
demand
2. verb + object + infinitive (not) to tell
invite
encourage
persuade
3. verb + that clause explain
agree
claim
4. verb + gerund recommend
apologise for
suggest