INDIRECT

SPEECH
PRESENT
Danna Moreno Ramos
Bryant Lozano Sepúlveda
Usually indirect speech is
introduced by the verb said, as in
I said, Bill said, or they said.
Using the verb say in this tense,
indicates that something was
said in the past. In these cases,
the main verb in the reported
sentence is put in the past.
 When we want to
report what When do we
someone said
without speech use it?
marks and without
necessarily using
exactly the same
words, we can use
indirect speech (also
called reported
speech).
 Verb tenses CHANGES TO
When we change a
time and place
BE
sentence from direct
style to indirect
expressions
Pronouns COMMITTED:
style we must take
into account a
number of changes
that we are obliged Tom said that they
to make were going to visit
Ann the following
day
 Verb Tenses
PRESENT PRESENT PAST
SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE CONTINUOUS CONTINUOUS
She said that
She said that we are eating
We eat healthy they were
they ate healthy healthy food
food eating healthy
food
food
 CHANGES IN MODAL
VERBS
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

CAN COULD

MAY MIGHT

MUST/ HAVE TO MUST / HAD TO

WILL WOULD
 TIME AND
PLACE
EXPRESSIONS
 In the reported
REPORTED question we no
longer use the
QUESTIONS interrogative form,
the phrase takes
the form of
afirmative
sentence.

Were is my umbrella? she

asked
She asked where her
umbrella was
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