Reported Speech summary

1. REPORTED
SPEECH

2. To give information about what people say or think we can use:
* DIRECT / QUOTED SPEECH:
"I'm going to the cinema", he said.
* INDIRECT / REPORTED SPEECH:
"I'm going to the cinema", he said. - He said he was going to the cinema.
“I teach online”, she said. - She said (that) she taught online.
“I’m studying now”, he said. - He said (that) he was studying then.

3. * TENSE CHANGES IN REPORTED SPEECH
PRESENT SIMPLE
"All the spiders are tarantulas", she said.
PAST SIMPLE
She said (that) all the spiders were tarantulas.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
"I'm going", he said.
PAST CONTINUOUS
He said (that) he was going.
PAST SIMPLE
"She passed her exam", he said.
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
He said (that) she had passed her exam.
He said (that) she passed her exam. (also possible with PAST S.)
PAST CONTINUOUS
"I was reading all morning", she said.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
She said (that) she had been reading all morning.
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
"I've bought a new car", he said.
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
He said he had bought a new car.
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
“They had eaten everything”, she said.
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
She said they had eaten everything.
WILL
"I'll be here tomorrow", she said.
WOULD
She said she would be there the next day.
CAN
"Can you type?” he asked me.
COULD
He asked me if I could type.
MUST
"I must go”, she said.
HAD TO
She said she had to go.
SHOULD, COULD, WOULD and MIGHT do not change tense in Reported Speech.

4. *CHANGES WITH PRONOUNS & POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES.
“We arrived early”, he said. - He said (that) they had arrived early.
“My mum is a nurse”, she said. – She said (that) her mum was a nurse.
REMEMBER!
SUBJECT
PRONOUNS
OBJECT
PRONOUNS
POSSESIVE
ADJECTIVES
POSSESSIVE
PRONOUNS
REFLEXIVE
PRONOUNS
I ME MY MINE MYSELF
YOU YOU YOUR YOURS YOURSELF
HE HIM HIS HIS HIMSELF
SHE HER HER HERS HERSELF
IT IT ITS ITS ITSELF
WE US OUR OURS OURSELVES
YOU YOU YOUR YOURS YOURSELVES
THEY THEM THEIR THEIRS THEMSELVES

5. *CHANGES WITH TIME & PLACE EXPRESSIONS
TIME EXPRESSIONS
NOW THEN / AT THE MOMENT / AT THAT TIME
TODAY THAT DAY
TONIGHT THAT NIGHT
THIS (MORNING, WEEK…) THAT (MORNING, WEEK…)
YESTERDAY THE DAY BEFORE
LAST (WEEK, MONTH…) THE (WEEK, MONTH…) BEFORE
(TWO DAYS, A YEAR...) AGO (TWO DAYS, A YEAR...) EARLIER
TOMORROW THE NEXT / FOLLOWING DAY
NEXT (WEEK / MONDAY...) THE NEXT / THE FOLLOWING (WEEK / MONDAY...)
PLACE EXPRESSIONS
THIS THAT
THESE THOSE
HERE THERE

6. REPORTED STATEMENTS
-Change in verbs
-Use of that , but it’s optional: He told me (that) he lived in Greenwich.
-Main reporting verbs:
- SAY + (TO + Indirect Object) + (that) + …. :
He said (that) he was going to the cinema.
He said to us (that) he was going to the cinema.
- TELL + Indirect Object + (that) + …:
He told us (that) he was going to the cinema.

7. REPORTED QUESTIONS
-Change in verbs
- Use of usual word order (not subject – verb inversion)
- If it’s a WH-question, the WH-word is kept.
“How old are they?”, he asked. – He asked me how old they were.
- If it’s a YES / NO-question, “if / whether” is used.
“Are you hungry?”, mum asked us. – Mum asked us if / whether we were hungry.
-Main reporting verb:
- ASK + (Indirect Object) + ….
He asked what her name was..
- Other reporting verbs or expressions :
WONDER / WANT TO KNOW / DON’T KNOW…
He wondered what her name was

8. REPORTED IMPERATIVES
- Verbs in the TO- infinitive form.
“Sit down!”, he said. – He asked to sit down.
“Don’t sit down!”, he said to them. – He told them not to sit down.
-Main reporting verbs:
- ASK (+ Indirect Object) / TELL + Indirect Object

9. OTHER REPORTING VERBS
+ that clause + infinitive + that clause
/ infinitive
+ gerund SUGGESTIONS*
+ that clause
(with should) /
gerund
ADMIT
ANNOUNCE
COMPLAIN
DENY
EXPLAIN
INSIST
PROMISE + s.o.
REMEMBER
REPLY
WARN
ADVISE + s.o.
BEG + s.o.
INVITE +s.o.
OFFER
ORDER + s.o.
PROMISE
REFUSE
REMIND + s.o.
AGREE
WARN
APOLOGIZE FOR
ACCUSE + s.o. + OF
ADMIT
CONGRATULATE + s.o. ON
PROPOSE
RECOMMEND
SUGGEST
+ that clause /
gerund
REGRET

10. OTHER REPORTING VERBS
+ that clause + infinitive + that clause
/ infinitive
+ gerund SUGGESTIONS*
+ that clause
(with should) /
gerund
ADMIT
ANNOUNCE
COMPLAIN
DENY
EXPLAIN
INSIST
PROMISE + s.o.
REMEMBER
REPLY
WARN
ADVISE + s.o.
BEG + s.o.
INVITE +s.o.
OFFER
ORDER + s.o.
PROMISE
REFUSE
REMIND + s.o.
AGREE
WARN
APOLOGIZE FOR
ACCUSE + s.o. + OF
ADMIT
CONGRATULATE + s.o. ON
PROPOSE
RECOMMEND
SUGGEST
+ that clause /
gerund
REGRET