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REPORTED SPEECH I and II

DELGADO CERCADO ERICKA GUISELA
LÓPEZ CHOCLOTE EUGENIA DOLIBETH
JIMENEZ RUIZ LUIS ANTONIO
RENGIFO PINEDO CARLOS FERNANDO
TORRES TORO SADITH
 rEPORTED
SPEECH I
una forma en la que contamos o describimos
con nuestras propias palabras lo que alguien
más nos dijo
 I'm feeling bad.

He said ''I'm feeling bad''

He told me that
He was feeling bad
He said that
 reported speech

do/does
In general, the present in
direct speech changes to the am/is will
past in reported speech
was did would
 reported speech

have/has
In general, the present in
direct speech changes to the are can
past in reported speech
were had could
 Exercise
s
1 .Fernando will come later.
He said that ....
2. Carla: I hear the bells.
Carla told me that .............
3 . I will call you.
I told him that ........
4. Ana: he will be working on Saturday.
She told me that............
5. Juan: she is sad.
He told me that.........
6. I don't like apples
She said that.....................
 ANSWERS
1 .Fernando will come later.
She said that Fernando would come later.
2. Carla:I hear the bells.
. Carla told me that she heard the bells
3 . I will call you.
I told him that
. I would call him
4. Ana: he will be working on Saturday.
She told me that he would be working on Saturday
5. Juan: she is sad.
.
He told me that she was sad
6. I don't like apples.
She said that she didn't like apples
 REPORTED SPEECH 2 :QUESTIONS

A reported question is when we tell someone what another

person asked. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect
speech.
Direct speech: 'Do you like working in sales?' he asked.
Indirect speech: He asked me if I liked working in sales.
In indirect speech, we change the question structure (e.g. Do
you like) to a statement structure (e.g. I like).
 Look at these examples to see how we can tell someone what another person asked.

Direct speech: 'Do you work from home?' he said.

Indirect speech: He asked me if I worked from home.

Direct speech: 'Who did you see?' she asked.

Indirect speech: She asked me who I'd seen.

Direct speech: 'Could you write that down for me?' she asked.
Indirect speech: She asked me to write it down.
 YES/NO QUESTION
Yes/No question are questions that have only two posibilities answer: yes or no.
Gramatically structure:
Subject+ Reporting verb for question + if/whether + S + V + clause
That lady asked me whether I was a student at this university

That lady asked me if I was a worker at this enterprise

Are you a worker
at this enterprise?

Reporting verb for question

Asked --> preguntó "Whether" is a little more
formal and more usual in
Wanted to know --> quisó saber
writing:
Wondered --> se preguntó
 Examples:
Note that in the above example the reported
question has no auxiliary "do". But there is
pronoun change and backshift.
Direct speech: She asks "Do you like coffee?"
Reported speech: She asked if I liked coffee.
Direct speech: I ask to Maria: "Can I
help you?"
Reported speech: I asked if I could help
her.
Direct speech: She asks to us: "Did you
feel cold?"
Reported speech: She asked if we had
felt cold.
Direct speech: He asks: "Are your hands
cold?"
Reported speech: He asked whether my
hands were cold.
Direct speech: Luis to me "Do you speak
English?"
Reported speech: He asked me if I spoke
English.
Reported question-word questions
Gramatically structure:
Subject+ Reporting verb for question + question word + S + V + clause

Direct speech: He asks, "Where do you live?" • In these example

Reported speech: He asked me where I lived. the reported
question has no
auxiliary "do".
• But there is pronoun
change and backshift.
 More examples: Questions with the verb to be and with
can, may, might, could, will. The word
order is different in direct and reported
speech. When reporting a question, it
becomes SUBJECT + VERB (in the
previous tense)

Choice questions: have the same structure as Reported YES/NO questions

Direct speech: He asked, "Do you want tea or coffee?"

Reported speech: He asked if I wanted tea or coffee.

Direct speech: He said, "Is the car new or second-hand?"

Reported speech: He asked whether the car was new or second-hand.