Name:

Jhoselyn Paucar
Reported Speech

Is used to narrate in our

own words what another
person has said.
 Direct Speech Indirect Speech

Tonight that night

this week/month/year that week/month/year

The following day/ the next

Tomorrow
day

the
The next week/month/year
following week/month/year

the day before or the

Yesterday
previous day

now then/at that moment

 Reported Speech: Tell

In reported speech After tell (in Very often these

the verb tell always reported speech) objects are object
requires an object you must always pronouns or proper
after it put an object nouns.

Object pronouns Proper nouns are

are these guys: ME, names of places,
YOU, HIM, HER, IT, like ILAC, Josh,
US, THEM. Jessica Alba, etc.
So this is how we use
tell:
Jessica Alba: Josh is such a great guy!

How would we put this sentence in reported

speech?

Jessica Alba told me (that*) Josh was such a great guy.

That is in brackets because it is optional. It is your

choice if you want to use it.
Tell is used only with the meaning
of instruct or inform.
The doctor said tome, Stop smoking

The doctor told me to stop

smoking.
Beth: "John isn't here right now

She told me that John wasn't

there then.
 Present
Past Continuous
Continuous

He said, Im He told me that

making dinner. he was making dinner.
My brother is buying a car"
said Anne

Anne told me (that) her

brother was buying a car.
 Beth: "Dinner's at 9
o'clock."

Beth told me dinner was at 9

o'clock.