REPORTED SPEECH

Reported
questions, orders,
requests
 TENSE AND MODAL CHANGES
Present Simple Past Simple
Present Continuous Past Continuous
Present Perfect Past Perfect
Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous
   
Past Simple Past Perfect
Past Continuous Past Continuous / Past Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous
   
Future Simple Future-in-the-Past
(and other future aspects)
will would
   
am / is / are going to was / were going to
   
Modals:
can could
may might
must / have to had to
   
General questions
with have, do and
be
 ‘Do you want to go to the
concert?' my mum asked.

My mum asked if I wanted

to go to the concert.
‘Are you participating in the
competition?' I asked Helen.

I asked Helen if she was

participating in the
competition.
‘Have you been to the gallery?'
he asked her.

He asked her if / whether

she had been to the
gallery.
General questions
with modal verbs
'Can you play the piano?'
Mary asked her new friend.

Mary asked her new friend

if he could play the piano.
‘Will you help me?'
I asked Terry.

I asked Terry if he
would help me.
‘Shall I wear a jacket?’ I asked
Mum.

I asked Mum if I should

wear a jacket.
'May I borrow your book?'
Jane asked me.

Jane asked me if she might

borrow my book.
 Special
questions
‘What music genres are popular
now?’’ my friend asked me.

My friend asked me what

music genres were popular
at that moment / then.
‘When will he finish his
novel?’ I asked.

I asked when he would

finish his novel.
‘What piece of music
do you want to play?'
the teacher asked his
student.

The teacher asked his student

what piece of music he wanted
to play.
‘Why did you say that?'
my sister asked me.

My sister asked me
why I had said that.
 ‘How much did you pay for
your laptop?' Ed asked Carl.

Ed asked Carl how much

he had paid for his
laptop.
‘What play did you see at the
theater last week?' asked Ben.

Ben asked what play I had seen

at the theater the week before
/the previous week .
ORDERS
‘Put your clothes in the
closet,’ Mum said.

Mum told me to put my

clothes in the closet.
‘Don’t wear this shirt,’
Alice said.

Alice told me not to wear

that shirt.
REQUESTS
‘Will you make me some
coffee?’ I asked Terry.

I asked Terry to make

me some coffee.
‘Please don’t tell them my
story,’ said Julia.

Julia asked me not

to tell them her story.
 A. Обведіть правильний варіант відповіді.

1. 'Has your brother gone out?’ Mum asked me.

Mum asked me if my brother has gone / had gone out.

2. ‘Do you know the answer?’ Miss Smith asked Ruby.

Miss Smith asked Ruby if she knew / had known the answer.

3 ‘Is this your car?’ the police officer said to the man.

The police officer asked the man if it is / was his car.

4. ‘Have you been to see the exhibition?' I asked Benjamin.

I asked Benjamin if he went / had been to see the exhibition.

 C. Доповніть кожне друге речення таким чином, щоб за змістом воно збігалося з

першим реченням. Вживайте від двох до п'яти слів.

1 When did your brother join the army?’ Rudy asked me.

Rudy asked me ......................................... the army.

2 ‘How was your trip to Turkey?’ I asked Katherine.

I asked Katherine how ......................................... been.

3 'How will we find your keys in the dark?’ Ashley asked Susie. Ashley asked

Susie ......................................... keys in the dark.

4 Why was Rob on TV’’ Denise asked me.

Denise asked me ....................................... on TV.

 Презентацію підготувала
викладач іноземної мови
Хмельницького музичного коледжу
ім. В.І. Заремби

Лаврись Олександра Василівна