Reported Speech

Reported Speech 
Use: To report what someone said.

Some changes you have to pay attention to:

Time:
Now - at the time, then
Today - that day, on Monday etc
Tomorrow - the following day
This week - that week
Last week - the week before
an hour ago - an hour before/ earlier

Place/ demonstratives:
here - there
this - that
these - those
Person:

I - he/she
my - his/her

Examples:

“I love my new black jacket.”, Mariana said. - Present Simple - Past Simple
 Mariana said she loved her/his new black jacket.

" I went to this excellent shop yesterday," Rodrigo explained. - Past Simple - Past Perfect
Rodrigo explained he had gone to that excellent shop the day before.

"They are going to the pool now", mum shouted. - Present continuous - Past Continuous
Mum shouted they were going to the pool then.

"I was watching the movie at six o'clock", Joana whispered. - Past Continuous - Past Perfect Continuous
Joana whispered she was watching/ had been watching the movie at six o'clock.

"Maria has bought a new house in the city centre", Isabel shared with Sara - Present Perfect - Past Perfect
Isabel shared with Sara that Maria had bought a new house in the city centre.

“I’ll buy a new cap”, Prim told Martim - Future "will" - Would
Prim told Martim he would buy a new cap.

Note: Sentences in the Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous do not change.

Reported Questions

These questions are usually introduced with inquire, ask, want to know, wonder . When questions begin with a question word (what, when, where...), you also use it in your reported speech. 
Have a look:

"What is your favourite dish?" Carolina wanted to know.

Carolina wanted to know what my favourite dish was.

However, questions might also begin with an auxiliar verb (is, have, do) or with a modal. In this case, you have to introduce if or wether in your reported speech. 
Check it out:

"Do you like ice cream?" Afonso asked me.

Afonso asked if I liked ice cream.

Now it is time to work:

Challenge 1
Challenge 2
Challenge 3
Challenge 4
Challenge 5
Challenge 6

10 graders: Reported Speech 1

Dear students,

Firstly, watch this video:




Secondly, you should read about the rules here:

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Now challenge yourself by doing exercises here:

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10 graders: Reported Speech

Aims:

√Review the rules

√Working on the Reported Speech                                                 

Direct Speech		Reported Speech
Present Simple	write(s)	Past Simple	wrote
Present Continuous	is/are writing	Past Continuous	was/were writing
Present Perfect	has written	Past Perfect	had written
Present Perfect Continuous	have/has been writing	Past Perfect Continuous	had been writing
Past Simple	wrote	Past Perfect	had written
Past Continuous	was/were writing	Past Perfect Continuous	had been writing
Future	will write	Conditional	would write
Modal Verbs – can; may write		Modal Verbs – could; might write
Imperative	Write! Don’t write!	Infinitive	to write not to write

       

Exercises

A.    Yesterday you met a friend of yours. He told you a lot of things. Here are some of the things he said to you. 

Later that day you tell another friend what he said…

1.  ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

6. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

B.     Someone says something to you which is the opposite of what they said before. You have to answer           I thought you said…

“ That restaurant is expensive” – I thought you said it wasn’t expensive.

1.      “Ann is coming to the party.” ” I thought you said she …………………………………………………………………..………………………………………..”

2.       “They have got many friends”  “I thought you said

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….”

3.      “I’ll see them next week” “ I thought you said ……………………………………………………………………………………………….………..…..”

4.      “I can afford a holiday this year” “ I thought you said ………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………....”

5.      “Tom worked very hard last year” “I thought you said

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..”

C.    Now you have to read a sentence and write a new sentence with the same meaning.

1.      “Eat more fruit and vegetables”, the doctor said.

The doctor said ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

2.      “Read the instructions before you switch on the machine!”

He told ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

3.      “Can you speak more slowly? I can’t understand”, she said to me.

She asked …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

because ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4.      “Don’t keep all the bad things to yourself”, I told him.

               I told …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

D. These are some questions taken from a magazine!

          1. What do you think about the use of Internet among teens?

              2. Is printing press the most used mean of communication now?

              3. Will he listen to more radio in the near future?

              4. When is television going to turn into a new computer?

The magazine asked…

1.       ………………………………………………………………………………………..

2.      …………………………………………………………………………………………

3.      …………………………………………………………………………………………

4.      …………………………………………………………………………………………