UNIT 4

How are you feeling today?

He said what???
REPORTED SPEECH
 When do we use
reported speech?
 When we report someone’s words we can do
it in two ways:

1. We can use direct speech with quotation

marks (“I work in a bank”)

or

1. We can use reported speech (He said he

worked in a bank.)
 “I want a glass of water”, he said
• Simple Present
• Direct Speech

 He said (that) he wanted a glass of

water.
• Simple Past
• Reported Speech
 “I’m not a tall person”, she said
• Simple Present
• Direct Speech

 She said (that) she wasn’t a tall

person.
• Simple Past
• Reported Speech
 “I don’t like you”, she told me
• Simple Present
• Direct Speech

 She told me (that) she didn’t like me.

• Simple Past
• Reported Speech
 “I bought an interesting book ”, he said
• Simple Past
• Direct Speech

 He said (that) he’d bought an

interesting book
• Past Perfect
• Reported Speech
 “I traveled to Iraq last year”, she said
• Simple Past
• Direct Speech

 She said (that) she’d traveled to Iraq

the year before.
• Past Perfect
• Reported Speech
 “I ate Japanese food yesterday”, he said
• Simple Past
• Direct Speech

 He said (that) he’d eaten Japanese food

the day before.
• Past Perfect
• Reported Speech
 “I broke my arm yesterday”, he said
• Simple Past
• Direct Speech

 He said (that) he’d broken his arm the

day before”
• Past Perfect
• Reported Speech
 “I’ve found the love of my life”, she said
• Present Perfect
• Direct Speech

 She said (that) she’d found the love of

her life.
• Past Perfect
• Reported Speech
 “I’ve kept my promise to Daniel”, she told
me
• Present Perfect
• Direct Speech

 She told me (that) she’d kept her promise

to Daniel.
• Past Perfect
• Reported Speech
 “I’ve forgotten about my terrible past ”, he
told me.
• Present Perfect
• Direct Speech

 He told me (that) he’d forgotten about his

terrible past.
• Past Perfect
• Reported Speech
 “I can’t talk to him”, she told me.
• Direct Speech

 She told me (that) she couldn’t talk to

him.
• Reported Speech
 “I can play the guittar very well”, she
said.
• Direct Speech

 She said (that) she could play the

guittar very well.
• Reported Speech
 “I will be in England next year”, he said
• Direct Speech

 He said (that) he would be in England

the following year.
• Reported Speech
 “I will meet my best friend”, he said
• Direct Speech

 He said (that) he would meet his friend.

• Reported Speech
 “I must call my my dad”, he said
• Direct Speech

 He said (that) he had to call his dad.

• Reported Speech
 “I must drive 7 hours to get to Rio”, he
said.
• Direct Speech

 He said (that) he had to drive 7 hours

to get to Rio.
• Reported Speech
 “I may need help to clean the house”,
she said
• Direct Speech

 She said (that) she might need help to

clean the house.
• Reported Speech
 “I may visit a doctor next week”, she
said
• Direct Speech

 She said (that) she might visit a doctor

the week after
 Reported Speech
 We use reported
questions to talk about
what somebody asked.
 “Do you like to drink orange juice?”, she
asked me.
• Direct Speech

 She asked me if I liked to drink orange

juice.
 Reported Speech
 “Do you speak English?”, she asked me.
• Direct Speech

 She asked me if I spoke English.

 Reported Speech
 “Did you travel last summer?”she asked
me.
• Direct Speech

 She asked me if I’d traveled the

summer before.
 Reported Speech
 “Did you buy some food?”, she asked
me
• Direct Speech

 She asked me if I’d bought some food.

 Reported Speech
 “Have you gone to Jamaica?”, she
asked me.
• Direct Speech

 She asked me if I’d gone to Jamaica.

 Reported Speech
 “Have you met James?”, she asked me.
• Direct Speech

 She asked me if I’d met James.

 Reported Speech
We use reported commands to
talk about what somebody
asked or told us to do.
 She asked me to say the truth.

 He asked me to be calm.

 He told me to be quiet.

 She told me to clean my room.

Take a look at these examples...
Take a look at these examples...
Take a look at these examples...
 1 Liz

Ben 2

3 Liz

Ben 4

5 Liz

Ben 6

7 Liz

Ben 8

9 Liz

Ben 10

11 Liz

Ben 12
Reporting a Whatsapp
conversation
1. Liz said hey to Ben.

1.1. Liz asked Ben how he was.

2. Ben said (that) he was fine/Ben told Liz

(that) he was fine.

2.1. Ben said (that) he was very sleepy/Ben

told Liz (that) he was very sleepy.
Reporting a Whatsapp
conversation
3. Liz said (that) she missed Ben./Liz told Ben
(that) she missed him.

3.1. Liz asked Ben if he wanted to watch a

movie that night.
4. Ben said (that) he had to prepare some
popcorn./ Ben told Liz (that) he had to prepare
some popcorn.

5. Liz said (that) Ben was the best./Liz told Ben

(that) he was the best.
Reporting a Whatsapp
conversation
6. Ben said (that) he knew it./Ben told Liz
(that) he knew it.

7. Liz asked Ben if he had remembered to do

the laundry.

8. Ben said (that) he had remembered to do

the laundry./Ben told Liz (that) he had
remembered to do the laundry.
Reporting a Whatsapp
conversation
9. Liz said (that) she loved Ben very much./
Liz told Ben (that) she loved him very much.

10. Ben said (that) he loved her too./Ben told

Liz (that) he loved her very much.

10.1. Ben said (that) he had to work./Ben told

Liz (that) he had to work.
Reporting a Whatsapp
conversation
11. Liz said (that) she would talk to him later./
Liz told Ben (that) she would talk to him later.

12. Ben said bye bye to Liz.