Reported

Speech
 •REPORTED SPEECH
•TENSES IN REPORTED SPEECH

Contents
•TIME AND PLACE IN REPORTED
SPEECH
•REPORTING VERB IN PAST
TENSE
•REPORTING SPEECH: FACTS
•REPORTING SPEECH:
UNIVERSAL TRUTH
•REPORTING SPEECH: HABITS
•QUIZ
 Reported Speech
Reported speech is Example:
simply when we •Direct speech:
tell somebody what I’ve lost my
someone else said. umbrella.
It is the linguistic
technique that we
•Reported
use to tell speech: He said
somebody what that he had lost
Tenses in Reported Speech
Time and Place in
Reported Speech
Reporting verb in the Past Tense

IF THE REPORTING VERB IS IN

THE PAST TENSE, THE
REPORTING SENTENCE WILL
BE IN THE PAST PERFECT
TENSE. EXAMPLE:
•PAST SIMPLE: MY FRIEND
GAVE ME A BAR OF
CHOCOLATE.
•PAST PERFECT: HE SAID
 Reporting GENERAL
TRUTHS NEVER
Speech: Facts CHANGE, SO
THE TIME
TENSES THEY
ARE TALKED
ABOUT IN CAN
STAY THE
SAME.
EXAMPLE:
•DIRECT
SPEECH: HE
 Reporting Speech:

Universal Truth UNIVERSAL TRUTH

SPEECHES INCLUDE -
ANY MORAL
EXAMPLE: PRINCIPLES,
•DIRECT – MR. SEN SAID, NATURAL
“TRUTH WINS ALWAYS.” PHENOMENA,
•INDIRECT – MR. SEN SAID MATHEMATICAL
THAT TRUTH WINS ALWAYS. EQUATION, AND
•DIRECT – “HONESTY IS SCIENTIFIC
THE BEST POLICY.” THEY STATEMENT ETC.
SAID.
•INDIRECT – THEY SAID
THAT HONESTY IS THE
 Reported Speech: Habits

EXAMPLE 1:
HABITUAL ACTIONS •DIRECT – MOHAN EXAMPLE 2:
ARE THOSE SAID TO ME, “MY •DIRECT – I
ACTIONS THAT ARE
GRANDFATHER SAID TO THEM,
PERFORMED BY A
PERSON DOES YOGA EVERY “I WATCH
REGULARLY. MORNING.”
FOR A SPEECH •INDIRECT – MOVIES
DE NOT I N G A MOHAN TOLD ME DAILY.”
HABITUAL ACTION, THAT HIS •INDIRECT – I
WORDS/PHRASES GRANDFATHER
ERY, DAILY, TOLD THEM
 Quiz
1. HIS WIFE SAID TO HIM, “A BAD
WORKMAN ALWAYS BLAMES HIS
TOOLS.”
2. THE MOTHER SAID TO THE BABY,
“SKY IS BLUE.”
3. THE TEACHER SAID, “ACID REACTS
WITH A BASE TO FORM SALT.”
4. THE LADY SAID, “HE CALLS ME
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.”
5. HE SAID TO US, “THE ENGLISH CAME
TO INDIA AFTER THE PORTUGUESE.”
 Thank You
BY AADRIKA GOYANKA