Reported
speech
.
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What’s
reported
speech?
Reported speech
We use reported or indirect speech when we want to
repeat what someone else said.
I am
hungry
Marge
Homero said
(that)he was
hungry
Coming!
Direct speech v/s reported speech
The exact words someone
said. We used quotation
marks.
Someone tell us what
someone else said. We
don’t use quotation
marks
Lisa said “I love dancing”
Lisa said she loved dancing
Reported speech
consist of two parts
Homero said (that) he was hungry
Reporting verb
Reporting clause
That is often omitted, especially in everyday English
Homero said he was hungry
So, how do you use it?
Lisa said, “ I love your earrings”
Reported speech
● Lisa said she loved my earrings
Change the tense
Present simple -> Past simple
Change the pronoun
● I -> She
● Your -> My
From present simple to
Lisa said, “ I love your earrings”
Lisa said she loved my earrings
Past simple
We also changed the pronouns!
Reporting verbs
is there a difference?
Say
Tell
Irregular verbs
Say -> said.
Tell-> told.
Note: When using told you MUST say the person you’re referring to.
Examples: He told ME, I told YOU.
Personal and possessive adjectives
Possessive adjectives are used to show possession or ownership of
something.
PERSONAL
PRONOUNS
The possessive adjective needs to
agree with the possessor.
Examples
● My car is very old.
● Her boyfriend is very friendly.
● Their homework is on the table.
Let’s practice possessive
adjectives
1. (I) ____my_______ hat is
brown.
2. (You)_your ___shirt is
yellow.
3. (he)__his__ eyes are big.
4. (she)__her__cap is blue.
5. (it)__its__ears are pink.
6. (we)__our__ eyes are small.
7. (you)____ glasses are blue.
8. (they)__their___ hair is green
Past simple
There are two types of verbs
REGULAR
“I lived abroad for
ten years”
IRREGULAR
“I went to the
cinema yesterday”
Past simple- Regular verbs
We form the past simple of most regular verbs by
adding -ed to the main verb.
For example:
● Play→Played
● Type→Typed
● Listen→Listened
● Love→Loved
If the verb ends
in e, just add d.
Past simple- Irregular verbs
For irregular verbs the spelling in the simple past tense is
totally different, look at these examples:
●
●
●
●
●
think - thought
see - saw
write - wrote
draw - drew
do - did
Are there any
rules?
Past simple- Negative form
Subject
Negative form
Did + not
verb
I
Did not / didn’t
work
you
Did not / didn’t
work
He/she/ it
Did not / didn’t
work
We/ They
Did not / didn’t
work
Verb “to be” in the past
Affirmative sentences
Negative sentences
Subject
Affirmative
sentences
Complement
Subject
Negative form
was/were
+not
Complement
I
was
happy
I
was not
happy
you
were
happy
You
were not
happy
He/she/ it
was
happy
He/she/it
was not
happy
We/ They
were
happy
We/they
were not
happy
Short forms:
● Was not - Wasn’t
● Were not - Weren’t
LET’S PRACTICE
He said, "I like your style ."
→ He said _____________________________
"I don't like going to school," she said.
→ She said____________________________
“I never make mistakes," he said.
→ He said_____________________________
They said "We work in a bank."
→ They said ___________________________
LET’S PRACTICE
"I'm coming!", she said.
→She said ________________________________
"John doesn't live in Japan any more."he said.
→He said John ____________________________
"Tony hates mushrooms ." she said.
→ She said ________________________________
"They often go on holiday in July." he said.
→ They said _______________________________
“I am so happy
today”, he said.
He said _________
“I really like
singing”, she said.
She said ___________
“We always go by
car”, they said.
They said __________
“I always play
video games with
my friends”
He said _________
Listen to the following video and use reported
speech to report what the children have just
said.
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