REPORTED

SPEECH
A. REPORTING AFFIRMATIVE
OR NEGATIVE IDEAS

It is used to report what somebody

says/said.

Some necessary changes:

1. If the situation is different

- ‘I'm 12 years old’ but now the person is 13. So

we need to change the TENSE.
He said he WAS 12 years old.
 1. If the situation is different
I'M tired.
I'M LEAVING at 10
We'RE GOING to Mexico
I LIKE music
I DON'T LIVE alone
I HAVE BEEN here before
I BOUGHT it in B.A.YESTERDAY
I CAN go at 7
I MAY be free
I WILL be free TOMORROW
 1. If the situation is different
I'M tired. He said (that) he WAS tired.
I'M LEAVING at 10 He said (that) he WAS LEAVING...
We'RE GOING to Mexico He said (that) they WERE GOING
I LIKE music He said (that) he LIKED music
I DON'T LIVE alone He said (that) he DIDN'T LIVE ...
I HAVE BEEN here before He said (that) he HAD BEEN ...
I BOUGHT it in B.A.YESTERDAY He said (that) he HAD BOUGHT
..the DAY BEFORE
I CAN go at 7 He said (that) he COULD go...
I MAY be free He said (that) he MIGHT be free
I WILL be free TOMORROW He said (that) he WOULD be free
the FOLLOWING DAY
1. If the situation is different
I HAVE TO go
I MUST go
I MUST go =
I MUSTN'T go
I DON'T HAVE TO go

I MUSTN'T go
I don't have to go

+ WOULD / COULD / MIGHT /

SHOULD
1. If the situation is different
I HAVE TO go He said (that) he HAD TO go
I MUST go He said (that) he HAD TO go
I MUST go = I HAVE TO go = Obligation
I MUSTN'T go Prohibition
I DON'T HAVE TO go It's NOT NECESSARY ( but you
can)
I MUSTN'T go He said that HE COULDN´T go
I don't have to go I DIDN'T HAVE TO go ( It was not
necessary but was allowed )

+ WOULD / COULD / MIGHT / don't change

SHOULD
2. Other necessary changes:

I live HERE
I'm busy NOW
At THIS moment I can't go
I was there 3 years AGO
2. Other necessary changes:

I live HERE He said (that) he lived THERE

I'm busy NOW He said (that) he was busy THEN
At THIS moment I can't go He said (that) at THAT moment..
I was there 3 years AGO He said (that) he had been
there...BEFORE
 B. REPORTING QUESTIONS
1. YES/ NO QUESTIONS
It is necessary to change the WORD ORDER and
often the TENSE

ARE YOU interested in music?

CAN you swim?
WILL the plane arrive at 6?

DO you WORK ?
HAVE you BEEN to Maria's?
 1. YES/ NO QUESTIONS
It is necessary to change the WORD ORDER and
often the TENSE

ARE YOU interested in music? He ASKED ME IF I WAS interested

CAN you swim?
WILL the plane arrive at 6?
DO you WORK ?
HAVE you BEEN to Maria's?
He asked me IF I COULD swim
He asked .. IF the plane WOULD
ARRIVE at 6.
He asked .. IF I WORKED
He asked .. IF I HAD BEEN to...
 2. OTHER QUESTIONS
( WH - QUESTIONS)
It is necessary to keep the INTERROGATIVE WORD,
change the WORD ORDER, and often the TENSE

WHERE are you going?

WHAT can she do?
HOW MUCH have you paid?
WHY will he go back?
HOW LONG are they going
to stay?
 2. OTHER QUESTIONS
( WH - QUESTIONS)
It is necessary to keep the INTERROGATIVE WORD,
change the WORD ORDER, and often the TENSE

WHERE are you going? He asked (me) WHERE I WAS going.

WHAT can she do? He asked ...WHAT she COULD do.
HOW MUCH have you paid? He asked...HOW MUCH I HAD paid.
WHY will he go back? He asked...WHY he WOULD GO back.
HOW LONG are they going He asked...HOW LONG THEY WERE
to stay? going to stay.
REQUESTS AND INSTRUCTIONS
Spot the differences:

Orders or commands

`Leave the rooms before 10'

`Don't take too much money with you'

Reported ideas.

I told the tourists to leave the rooms before 10 and

I told the tourists not to take too much money with them
REQUESTS AND INSTRUCTIONS
Spot the differences:

Requests

`Can you leave the rooms before 10, please ? and

please, don't take too much money with you ' or
`Could you (please) leave the rooms before 10, (please) ?

Reported ideas.
I asked the tourists to leave the rooms before 10 and
I asked the tourists not to take too much money with them