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.”

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

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b) He said that Peter often went fishing.
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c) Mary asked if she could come back later.
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d) I said that I had just seen Mark.
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e) Alan told me that Angela was watching TV.
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f) They said that the cat had been sleeping on the sofa.
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g) I said that we were late.
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h) She asked what the boys were doing.
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4) Questions: Put them into Reported Speech:

HE ASKED …

a) “How old are you?”

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b) “Are you married?”
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c) “Do you live nearby?”
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d) “Where have you worked before?”
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e) “Can you speak German or French?”
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f) “Do you have a driving license?”
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g) “How much money do you want?”
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h) “When can you start?”
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