Reported speech intermediate

Reported Speech What is it? How do you use it? Yesterday, I saw my friend Pamela! She told me that she got a promotion! ...yesterday ...today

Reported Speech It is a grammatical structure that is used when we want to tell another person about a conversation that took place in the past. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],2. Tell someone news that we heard from someone else: Example: Tom told me that he and Karen got engaged! 3. To report something that happened : Example: Sam said that the other driver wasn’t paying attention and hit his car.

How to use reported speech: ,[object Object],[object Object],for example:

am / is becomes was are becomes were have / has becomes had can / can’t becomes could couldn’t will / won’t becomes would wouldn’t

Reported speech typically uses the following structure: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Someone said me . . .

Examples of reporting what someone said . . . ,[object Object],“ I’m not happy at my job anymore. I think I’ll quit.”

Sandra said, “ I’m not happy at my job anymore. I think I ’ll quit. Now you want to tell someone else what Sandra said. In this situation, it is natural to use Reported Speech: You can say: Sandra told me that she happy at her job anymore and she she quit. wasn't thought would

When a person told you something in the past tense, you can use either the past tense or the past perfect tense after the “said” phrase. ,[object Object],[object Object],“ I worked really hard today.” Tim said that he worked really hard that day. Tim said that he had worked really hard that day. past tense past perfect tense

You will hear native speakers use both the past and past perfect in this situation; ,[object Object]

Examples to practise: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Be careful with pronouns!

. . . And more examples: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Do you understand reported speech better NOW than you did BEFORE ? ,[object Object],[object Object],your teacher Fina Melgar Congratulations!

Reported speech intermediate

Recomendados

Recomendados

Más contenido relacionado

La actualidad más candente

La actualidad más candente (20)

Destacado

Destacado (7)

Similar a Reported speech intermediate

Similar a Reported speech intermediate (20)

Último

Último (20)

Reported speech intermediate