Reported

speech
Tense shift!
Reported
speech
What is it? Reporting verb
report what somebody else said Difference between
“tell” and “say”

What’s difficult?
Tense shift
 01
Tense shift
Here we go
 Present tenses
'I work in a bank,' said Daniel.
● Present Simple  Past
Simple

Daniel said that he worked in a

bank.
 Present tenses
'The baby is sleeping!’
● Present Simple  Past
Simple
● Present Continuous  Past
Continuous

He told me the baby was sleeping.

 Present tenses
'I have hurt my leg.’
● Present Simple  Past
Simple
● Present Continuous  Past
Continuous
● Present Perfect  Past She said she had hurt her leg.
Perfect
 Past tenses
'We lived in China for five
● Past Simple  Past Perfect years.’
Simple

She told me they had lived in

China for five years.
 Modal verbs

will would shall would

would would should should

can could might might

could could must had to
 References

yesterday the day

before this that
tonight that night here there
at that
today that day now moment
the day
tomorrow
after
 Practice

Practice makes
perfect
Ex.6 p.86
 Questions

What happens with questions?

 Questions
'Are you going to the Helsinki
● Yes/no questions If + conference?’
tense shift

He asked me if I was going to

the Helsinki conference.
 Questions
Who did you see?' she asked.
● Yes/no questions If +
tense shift
● WH questions inversion + She asked me who I'd seen.
tense shift
 Tell vs. Say
Tell + object
e.g. Told me/him/them
Say + no object
e.g. She said that she was hungry
Let’s
practice!
p.88
Homework
Unit 8B
Workbook
p.87