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Cenlex Santo Tomas

TOPICS
CONNECTIONS
Unit 11
Unit 11 A
REPORTED
SPEECH
 REPORT

(v) to give a description of something

or information about it to someone:
RULES
DIRECT SPEECH
IMPORTAN ELEMENTS TO USE:

▪ ORIGINAL WORDS

▪ QUOTATION MARKS “___”

▪ REPORTING VERBS OR

SIGNAL PHRASE
IMPORTAN ELEMENTS TO USE:

▪ ORIGINAL WORDS

▪ QUOTATION MARKS “___”

▪ REPORTING VERBS OR

SIGNAL PHRASE
 INDIRECT SPEECH
RULES
OR
REPORTED SPEECH
DIRECT VS INDIRECT
 INDIRECT
• Reported speech is usually used to talk
about the past, so we normally change
the TENSE of the words spoken.
• We use REPORTING VERBS
like ‘say’, ‘tell’, ‘ask’, and
• We may use the word ‘that’ to
INTRODUCE the reported words.
Inverted commas are not used.
•She said, “I saw him.” —-> She said that she had seen
• Consider necessary changes to: him.
Pronouns, Time expressions and other
words like this 🡪 that, here 🡪 there .
I
EXAMPLE
Example #1
introduction

Reporting verb

Tense

Time expression
II
EXAMPLE
Example #2
 Example #2

Reporting verb Tense

Pronouns: Subject and object

TENSES
Go back to a previous tense
1) TENSES
 SIMPLE
AND
CONTINOUS
PRESENT
 PRESENT SIMPLE
AND
PRESENT CONTINOUS
PRACTICE
 SIMPLE
AND
CONTINOUS
PAST
 How is your grandpa?

I called him yesterday and he said he

had been sleeping and he had been
resting.
Also, he told me about the floods, it
has been rainning for weeks.
 PRESENT SIMPLE
AND
PRESENT CONTINOUS
PRACTICE
THIS TEACHER WAS VERY
STRICT LAST YEAR.

BUT SHE WAS GIVING

EVERYONE AN “A”.
MY CLASSMATE ____ ME
THAT TEACHER ____ _____
VERY STRICT THE
PREVIOUS YEAR.

BUT HE SAID ALSO THAT

SHE ____ _____ _____
EVERYONE AN “A”.
MY CLASSMATE TOLD ME
THAT TEACHER HAD BEEN
VERY STRICT THE
PREVIOUS YEAR.

BUT HE SAID ALSO THAT

SHE HAD BEEN GIVING
EVERYONE AN “A”.
I am really happy!! I started a new job.
Yesterday in the office I was working in my
new computer and I was enjoying the
training course with my new co-workers
•She ____ me that She _____
really happy! Because she
___ ______ a new job.

•The day before in her

office, she ___ _____ _____ in
her new computer and She
____ _____ _____ the training
course with her new
co-workers
•She told me that She was
really happy! Because she
had started a new job.

•The day before in her

office, she had been
working in her new
computer and She had
been enjoying the training
course with her new
co-workers
PRESENT PERFECT
WILL /WON’T
FUTURE
CAN / CAN’T
MODALS
PRONOUNS
Check who is doing the action, who or what is receiving it, possesives and
others according to the context
•PRONOUNS
QUESTIONS
YES / NO & WH-?
EXPRESSIONS
Time & place
Exercises
FINAL PRACTICE