Reported Speech

1. Reported Speech
By : Ghada Elfauomy

2. 1
-Statement
Directindirect
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say say say to tell
says says says to tells
said said said to told
-thatthat
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Statement – Question – Command –
Exclamation

3. 2
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Present Simple Past Simple
Present continuous Past continuous
Present Perfect Past Perfect
Past Simple Past Perfect
Will / can / shall would / could / should
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Now Then Here There
This That Thus so
These Those Today That day

4. 3
Tomorrow The following day
Next week The following week
Yesterday The previous day
Last night The previous night
To night That night
Age Before
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5. 4
Reflexive
Pronouns
Possessive
Pronouns
Possessive
Adjectives
ObjectSubject
Myself
Himself
Herself
Itself
Our self
Your self
Them self
Mine
His
Her
Its
Ours
Yours
Theirs
My
His
Her
Its
Our
Your
Their
Me
Him
Her
It
Us
You
Them
I
He
She
It
We
You
They

6. 5
Examples:
He says to us “ I’m a student” He tells us he is a student.
The boy said to me “ I’m in the class and am writing” The boy told
me that he was in the class and was writing.
She said “ I was at Cairo Yesterday” . She said she had been at
Cairo the previous day.
-(I/ We)(He / She / They)
-(you)(I)(me)
-(He / She / It )

7. 6
-(and added that / and that)
Example:
He said “ I shall try to be in time . I am sorry I was late yesterday” .
He said that he would try to be in time and added that he was sorry he
had been late the day before.
-yes( agreed / answered in the
affirmative) .
Example: He said , “ Yes I shall take it”. He answered in the
affirmative that he would take it .
Or : He agreed to take it .
-No(refused / answered in the negative )

8. 7
-Question
(be – have – do- Model Verbs)
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Said asked / enquired / wanted to know / wonder
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If / whether
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Subject + verb + object
Examples:
He says “ Is the weather good today?” He asked if the weather is
good that day .

9. 8
( Who – Whom – Which – Where – When –
How)
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Examples:
I said to her “ Where will you spend the holiday?” I asked her
where she would spend the holiday .
She says “ what shall I say mother?” She asked her mother what
she shall say.

10. 9
-The Command
-To
-Not to
-Said to
Asked / requested
Ordered / commanded
Told
Warned
Advised
Prayed / begged

11. 10
Examples:
 She said to the servant “ Clean the room and shut the door “.
She ordered the servant to clean the room and shut the door .
 The father said to the child “Don’t play in the street “. The
father told the child not to play in the street .
 The doctor said to me “ Stay in bed and take this medicine” .
The doctor advised me to stay in bed and take that medicine.
 The poor man said to me “ please give me some food to eat”.
The poor man begged me to give him some food to eat.
(please)

12. 11
-The Exclamation
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Said exclaimed Said to told
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With joy / with sorrow
With surprise / with admiration
-“that”
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Alas! / oh!/ How! / What ! / Hurrah!
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13. 11
Examples:
He said , “ What a titanic ship!” He exclaimed with admiration that
the ship was titanic.
He cried “ Alas ! There is no hope of his recovery “ He exclaimed
with sorrow that there was no hope of his recovery.
“ Hurrah! we are going to have a holiday tomorrow “ said the pupils.
The pupil exclaimed with joy that they were going to have holiday next
day .