REPORTED SPEECH

direct statement: He said, “I love her so much“.

indirect statement: 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  PAST TENSE

He said, “I love her so much”. He said that he loved her so much.
PAST TENSE  PAST PERFECT TENSE
He said, “I loved her so much”. He said that he had loved her so much.
PRESENT PERFECT  PAST PERFECT TENSE
He said, “I have loved her so much”. He said that he had loved her so much.
WILL FUTURE  WOULD
He said, “I will love her so much”. He said that he would love her so much.
IMPERATIVE  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.”

She said that she was living in New York
b) “My mother isn’t very well.”
She said that her mother wasn’t very well
c) “Jane and Paul are going to visit Italy next month.”
She said that Jane and Paul were going to visit Italy the following month
d) “My brother had an accident.”
She said that her brother has an accident
e) “I haven’t seen Diana last night.”
She said that she had not seen Diana the night
f) “Jack and Jill were waiting for the bus.”
She said that Jack and Jill were waiting for the bus
g) “I don’t drink coffee anymore.”
She said that she won’t drink coffee anymore
h) “Tom can speak Japanese.”
She said that Tom could speak Japanese
i) “I will go to Anna’s birthday party.”
She said that she would go to Anna’s birthday party
j) “My purse was stolen this morning.”
She said that her purse was stolen that morning
k) “Kate took my keys.”
She said that Kate took her keys
l) “My husband has just finished reading this interesting book.”
She said that her husband finished reading that interesting book.
m) “Daniel didn’t buy the tickets for the theatre yesterday.”
She said that Daniel didn’t buy the tickets for the theatre the day before

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.

He said, “She will live at six”
b) He said that Peter often went fishing.
He said, “Peter often going to fish”
c) Mary asked if she could come back later.
Mary said, “Can I come back later?”
d) I said that I had just seen Mark.
I said, “I have just seen Mark”
e) Alan told me that Angela was watching TV.
He told me, “Angela is watching TV”
f) They said that the cat had been sleeping on the sofa.
They said, “The cat has been sleeping on the sofa”
g) I said that we were late.
I said “We are late”
h) She asked what the boys were doing.
She said, “What are the boys doing?”

4) Questions: Put them into Reported Speech:

HE ASKED …

a) “How old are you?”

He asked me how old I was
b) “Are you married?”
He asked me if I was married.
c) “Do you live nearby?”
He asked me if I lived nearby
d) “Where have you worked before?”
He asked me where I had worked last time
e) “Can you speak German or French?”
He asked me if I could speak German or French
f) “Do you have a driving license?”
He asked me if I had a driving license
g) “How much money do you want?”
He asked me how much money I wanted
h) “When can you start?”
He asked me where I could start