REPORTED SPEECH

Jon García

Cancould
Musthad to
Maymight
Maycould
Shouldshould
 STATEMENTS
• Statements are sentences that are true or false. For example: The trains are
always late/ The trains were always late
 QUESTIONS
• a question is a type of sentence that we ask or write to gain more
information. For example: What are you doing?/How did you feel
yesterday?
Yes no questions: Are you estdying now? Yes/no
Wh questions: Where do you live?/ Why did not you do the washing up?
 REQUESTS
•  we ask someone for something, or to do something. Can you tell me the
truth?/ Could I ask you the time please?
 ORDERS
• It is a sinonim of requests. But an order supplys a special quantity of
goods
 OFFERS
• An offer is what you can provide. For example: Sandra offered you to buy
a car yesterday
 SUGGESTIONS
• A suggestion is a proposed idea. For example: I suggested going to the
cinema/ Could you suggest something?
 BACKSHIFTING
• when a verb tense is shifted back to a past form in reported speech
I was talking about She said she had been
Tammy.” talking about Tammy.

She said she was

I am feeling sick.”
feeling sick.

“I have taken that You said you had taken

class.” that class
 WORD CHANGE
• In reported speech we have to change some words:
Nowthe
Todaythat day
Yesterdaythe previous day
Agobefore
Tomorrowthe next day
Herethere
Thisthat
Thesethose
Next weekthe next week.
 REPORTING VERBS
• Reporting verbs help you introducing ideas: She helped me doing the
cleaning
Reporting verb + infinitive. ...
Reporting verb + somebody + (not) infinitive. ...
Reporting verb + verb +ing. ...
Reporting verb + preposition + verb + ing