REPORTED SPEECH direct statement: indirect statement: He said, “I love her so much“. He said that he loved her so much. REPORTING VERBS: say, mention, claim, asked, add, tell, admire, admit, consider, promise, …. RULES TO FOLLOW TENSES: PRESENT TENSE → He said, “I love her so much”. PAST TENSE He said that he loved her so much. → PAST TENSE PAST PERFECT TENSE He said, “I loved her so much”. PRESENT PERFECT He said that he had loved her so much. → PAST PERFECT TENSE He said, “I have loved her so much”. WILL FUTURE → WOULD He said, “I will love her so much”. IMPERATIVE He said that he had loved her so much. → He said that he would love her so much. INFINITIVE He said, “Love me!” He told her to love him. TIME/SPACE EXPRESSIONS: YESTERDAY → THE DAY BEFORE TODAY → THAT DAY LAST WEEK/MONTH/… → THE WEEK/MONTH/… BEFORE THE PREVIOUS WEEK/MONTH/… TOMORROW → THE NEXT DAY NEXT MONTH/YEAR/… → THE FOLLOWING MONTH/YEAR/… THIS/THESE → THAT/THOSE HERE → THERE NOW → THEN/AT THAT MOMENT QUESTIONS: WH/HOW – Questions → WH/HOW – word remains He asked me, “Why do you love me?” He asked me why I loved him. He asked me, “How much do I love me?” He asked me how much I loved him. YES/NO - Questions → IF/WHETHER He asked me, “Do you love me?” He asked me if I loved him. He asked me whether I loved him. 1) Write what Sarah said, making the necessary changes: SHE SAID THAT…. a) “I’m living in New York.” ____________________________________________________________________________ b) “My mother isn’t very well.” ____________________________________________________________________________ c) “Jane and Paul are going to visit Italy next month.” ____________________________________________________________________________ d) “My brother had an accident.” ____________________________________________________________________________ e) “I haven’t seen Diana last night.” ____________________________________________________________________________ f) “Jack and Jill were waiting for the bus.” ____________________________________________________________________________ g) “I don’t drink coffee anymore.” ____________________________________________________________________________ h) “Tom can speak Japanese.” ____________________________________________________________________________ i) “I will go to Anna’s birthday party.” ____________________________________________________________________________ j) “My purse was stolen this morning.” ____________________________________________________________________________ k) “Kate took my keys.” ____________________________________________________________________________ l) “My husband has just finished reading this interesting book.” ____________________________________________________________________________ m) “Daniel didn’t buy the tickets for the theatre yesterday.” ____________________________________________________________________________ 2) Choose the correct word: a) She said / told us to stand up. b) Mr Jones said / told the manager he was leaving. c) Everybody said / told the concert had been terrible. d) I didn’t say / tell Meg that I was coming today. e) The Prime Minister said / told that things would get better soon. f) Alice said / told she was sick. g) Nancy didn’t say / tell us anything. h) You said / told me you were working tonight. 3) Transform into DIRECT Speech: a) He said that she would leave at six. ____________________________________________________________________________ b) He said that Peter often went fishing. ____________________________________________________________________________ c) Mary asked if she could come back later. ____________________________________________________________________________ d) I said that I had just seen Mark. ____________________________________________________________________________ e) Alan told me that Angela was watching TV. ____________________________________________________________________________ f) They said that the cat had been sleeping on the sofa. ____________________________________________________________________________ g) I said that we were late. ____________________________________________________________________________ h) She asked what the boys were doing. ____________________________________________________________________________ 4) Questions: Put them into Reported Speech: HE ASKED … a) “How old are you?” ____________________________________________________________________________ b) “Are you married?” ____________________________________________________________________________ c) “Do you live nearby?” ____________________________________________________________________________ d) “Where have you worked before?” ____________________________________________________________________________ e) “Can you speak German or French?” ____________________________________________________________________________ f) “Do you have a driving license?” ____________________________________________________________________________ g) “How much money do you want?” ____________________________________________________________________________ h) “When can you start?” ____________________________________________________________________________
