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When do we use it?

REPORTED SPEECH is used to tell what someone said.
Yet, we do not repeat all the words exactly.
 REAL WORDS (Direct Speech):
Ahmed said: “We are going to the cinema this afternoon.”

 REPORTED SPEECH:
Ahmed said that they were going to the cinema that afternoon.

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 Changes
 Types of changes:
1. Verb Tenses
2. Time and place adverbial expressions
3. Logical change of pronouns

 EXAMPLE
 DIRECT: Mary said: “They are seeing me tomorrow”
 REPORTED: Mary said that they were seeing her the
following day

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Past perfect Past Simple Present Simple

Had Eaten ate Eat / Eats

Present Continuous

Past Continuous Am/Is/Are

eating

Past perfect
Continuous Was/ were eating

Had been eating

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 Verb Tenses
DIRECT SPEECH  REPORTED SPEECH

PRESENT  • PAST
 We study
• She said that they studied
 We are studying • She said that they were studying

PAST  • PAST PERFECT

 We studied • She said that they had studied
 We were studying
• She said that they had been studying

FUTURE  • CONDITIONAL
 We will study • She said that they would study

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 List of Verb Changes
TENSE DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
PRESENT SIMPLE I play tennis with my friends She said that she played tennis with her friends

I am playing tennis with my She said that she was playing tennis with her
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
friends friends

PRESENT PERFECT I have played tennis with my She said that she had played tennis with her
SIMPLE friends friends
PRESENT PERFECT I have been playing tennis with She said that she had been playing tennis with her
CONTINUOUS my friends friends
She said that she had played tennis with her
PAST SIMPLE I played tennis with my friends
friends

I was playing tennis with my She said that she had been playing tennis with her
PAST CONTINUOUS
friends friends

I had played tennis with my She said that she had played tennis with her
PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
friends friends

PAST PERFECT I had been playing tennis with my She said that she had been playing tennis with her
CONTINUOUS friends friends

She said that they would play tennis with her

FUTURE SIMPLE I will play tennis with my friends
friends
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 Changes in Modals

DIRECT REPORTED SPEECH

SPEECH
CAN COULD

MAY MIGHT

MUST / HAVE TO Had to

WILL WOULD
Shall Should
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 Time and Place Adverb Change
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Now Then
Today That day
Tonight That night
Yesterday The previous day / the day before
Last week The previous week / the week before
A __________ ago The previous ______ / the _____ before

Tomorrow The following day / the day after / the next day

Next ___________ The following ________ / the _______ after

Here There
This That
These Those
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II/ Reported Questions
Same changes as for statements.
Types of questions:
1-YES/NO QUESTIONS: IF / WHETHER + SUJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENTS

In “REPORTED QUESTIONS” we do not have a question

structure, now we have a “statement”
 Suject + verb + complements
EX :Paul asked : "Do you play volleyball?"
Paul asked me whether (or if) I played volleyball.

EX: Paul asked: “Are you coming to the party tonight, Jane?”
 Paul asked Jane if she was coming to the party that
night.

Ex: Did You send the email yesterday?

 Ali asked Mohammed If he had sent the email the
previous day
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2- Indirect questions:
WH- QUESTION : WH- Suject + verb + complements

EX:John asked: "When do you play volleyball?"

 John asked me when I played volleyball.

EX: “Why are you walking so fast?”

 Ali asked Khalid Why he was walking so fast

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 Reported commands
Same basic changes as statements

Basic introductory verb: TELL

The IMPERATIVE verbal form turns into

 TO + “VERBAL BASE” (Affirmative)
 NOT + TO + “VERBAL BASE” (Negative)
Examples.-
 Father: "Do your homework!“
  Father told me to do my homework.
 Teacher. "Don't talk to your mate!"
  The teacher told me not to talk to my mate.

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