ater Cre ey tet) © ssp Listen and repeat. Then act out. Fm sorry to tell you that m= | you can’t play football. Well, if he said 60, he’s seen you play, hasn't he?, © Direct speech is the exact words * Reported speech is the exact ‘someone said. We use quotation meaning of what someone said but marks in Direct speech. not the exact words. We do not use He said, “I'll wat for you." quotation marks in Reported speech. He said that he would wait for me. Say - Tell © We use say in Direct speech. We also use say in Reported speech when say is not followed by the person the words were spoken to. We use tell in Reported speech when tell is followed by the person the words were spoken to. Direct speech: She said to me, “lam very tired.” Reported speech: She told me that she was very tired. Reported speech: She said that she was very tire. | ‘say good morning, etc., say something, say one’s Expressions with say — prayers, say so tell the truth, tell a lie, tell a secret, tell a story, tell the Expressions with tell _ time, tell the difference, tell sb one’s name, tell sb the way, tell one from another @ Fill in: say or tell in the correct form. 1 The police officer gaid..... that | 4 Jim me about the party the man was lying. last night. 2 Philip itwould probably 5 Our teacher he was rain tomorrow. pleased with our work, 3 Susan , ‘Let's go out for 6 Jane and Kate are twins. | really can't dinner tonight.” one from the other.© dap Listen and repeat. Then act out What are you doing? Reported Speech . Reported Statements Tr | looking for Trouble) We can report: A. statements _B. questions (Why were you arrested? A police officer asked me what | was doing 60 | told him that | was looking for Trouble. C. commands, requests, suggestions © To report statements we use a reporting verb (say, tell, advise, explain, promise, etc.) followed by a that-clause. In spoken English that may be omitted. * Pronouns and possessive adjectives change according to the meaning. Direct speech: * Certain words change as follows : rect speech " this/these here come speech that /those there go id. He said that was his book. ‘© When the reporting verb is in the past, the verb tenses change as follows: He said, “I can't fx it mysett.” Reported speech: He said he couldn't fix it himself. Note that: can changes to could will changes to would may changes to might must changes to had to Direct speech Present Simple “I want to go to bed early,” she said. Present Continuous = “She's speaking to Joe,” he said. Present Perfect ‘ve bought you some flowers,” she said. Past Simple ayeae “He lost all the money,” she said. Future —T “Til see you later,” he said. | Reported speech 7 ' Past Simple She said she wanted to go to bed early. ' Past Continuous ___He said she was speaking to Joe. erfect - = ' Past Perfect he said she had bought me some flowers. Past Perfect 7 ‘She said he had lost all the money. “Conditional He said he would see me later. ai 150Reported Speech © © Time expressions change as follows: Direct speech | Reported speech tonight, today, this week / month / year that night, that day, that week / month / r | then, at that time, at once, immediately now that “since yesterday, last night / week / month / the day before, the previous night / week / year _ month / year “the day after, the next / following day, the next / following week / month / year tomorrow, next week / month / year De ‘aha one two days / months / years, etc., ago two days / months / years, etc., before “He arrived last week,” she said. _ She said (that) he had arrived the previous week. © There are no changes in verb tenses when the reporting verb is in the Present, Future or Present Perfect tense or when the sentence expresses something which is always true. Direct speech She'll say, “I can do it.” “The Earth is round,” said the teacher. Reported speech She'll say (that) she can do it. The teacher said (that) the Earth is round. * The Past Continuous does not usually change. Direct speech —_“! was travelling to Brighton while she was flying to the USA,” he said, Reported speech He said he was travelling to Brighton while she was flying to the USA * Certain modal verbs do not change in Reported speech. These are: would, could, might, should, ought to. Direct speech “He might visit us,” Mum said. Reported speech Mum said (that) he might visit us. 151® Reported Speech ) Report what the guests said at a wedding last Saturday. 3 The bride and groom are very nice young people. ‘4 The bride is wearing a 6 The bride's father has beautiful wedding dress,, ght them a big flat. 1 Miss Moore 94/4 (that) they. wauld.make. a lovely.couple. 2 Mr Smith 3. Mrs Jones 4 Mr Roberts 5. MrClarke 6 Miss Mayall. . a, ® Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech. 1 “New Year's Eve is always on December 31st,” she said. She. said (that). New Year's Eve.is always.on. December Sst, “The children are riding their bikes,” Jennifer said to me. no o “The Earth revolves around the Sun,” the teacher said to the students. . “Jack and Karen have bought a house in the countryside,” Nick said to us. a “Burglars broke into the museum last night,” the news reporter said. 6 “Dad was mowing the lawn while | was cleaning the car,” Ryan said. ~ “We will have a housewarming party next week,” said Mike and Helen o “Julia and José might move to Australia next year,” Rory said to us. AzxhReported Speech © First state if the following statements are true (T) or false (F) then turn them into reported speech. “Penguins can swim,” he said. He. said (that). penguina can. awim. “The Earth is flat,” the old man said. i “The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world,” she said. e - “A train goes faster than a plane,” he said. “Dolphins are less intelligent than sharks,” he said. a 6 “Man does not live forever,” she said. ‘4 Vm going to start my diet tomorrow. {5 Don't eat with your \ @ write wnat the family said at the dinner table. (2 Pase me the The chicken ie \ orange juice, please Beth. | 10 | don’t want anything else to eat. 6 This is the best dinner Ive ever had! 7 Is there any more’ salad, Mum? (9 What are we havingY 8 I'm very hungry because | only for dessert, Bob? had a sandwich for lunch today. ) } 1 Mother agked if.anyone. wanted. OMe INGE POLATOES. ......ccecccceesseeeees 2 Father 3 Beth pee 4 Grandfather... 5 Grandmother. 6 % 8 9 Tim. Jean Mark Helen Bob ..