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Reported Speech

The document summarizes how to change direct speech into reported speech by modifying verbs, pronouns, adverbs of time and other elements based on the surrounding context. Some key rules covered include changing the present simple and present continuous tenses into the past simple and past continuous tenses, changing future tenses indicated by "going to" and "will" into the would tense, and substituting time and place adverbs like "here", "now" and "today" with more distanced equivalents when reporting speech indirectly.

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Reported Speech

The document summarizes how to change direct speech into reported speech by modifying verbs, pronouns, adverbs of time and other elements based on the surrounding context. Some key rules covered include changing the present simple and present continuous tenses into the past simple and past continuous tenses, changing future tenses indicated by "going to" and "will" into the would tense, and substituting time and place adverbs like "here", "now" and "today" with more distanced equivalents when reporting speech indirectly.

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REPORTED SPEECH

DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH


Present simple: Past Simple:

“I work at Embassy,” said Tina said she worked at


Tina. Embassy.
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Present Continuous: Past Continuous:

John said, “I’m doing my John said he was doing his


homework.” homework.
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Past Simple: Past Perfect Simple:
“Tony didn’t study for the exam,” said
Tina.
Tina said Tony hadn’t
Present Perfect:
“Tony hasn’t studied for the exam,”
studied for the exam.
said Tina.

Past Perfect Simple:


“Tony hadn’t studied for the exam,”
said Tina
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Past Continuous: Past Perfect Continuous:
“I was watching TV,” said Tim.

Present Perfect Continuous: Tim said he had been


“I have been watching TV,” said Tim.
watching TV.
Past Perfect Continuous:
“I had been watching TV,” said Tim.
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Future (going to): Was/were going to:

“I’m going to wash the John said he was going to


dishes,” said John. wash the dishes
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Future (will): would:

“I will do the dishes today,” John said he would do the


said John. dishes that day.
QUESTIONS
Susan asked, “do you Susan asked IF/whether
have any money?” I had any money.

Susan asked, “where did Susan asked where I


you go yesterday?” had gone the other
day.
TIME SIGNALS
• Here • There
• Now / at the moment • Then / at that moment
• Tomorrow • The next/following day
• Tonight • That night
• Next week/month/year • The next/following week/month/year
• Yesterday • The previous day/ the day before
• Last week/month/year • The week/month/year before OR
The previous week/month/year
• ago • Before/previously
CHANGE INTO
REPORTED SPEECH
Ruth said, “My dad will fix the bike
tomorrow.”
John said, “I didn’t know that there
was a test today.”
“What time does the plane leave?”
asked Meg.
My brother asked, “Can you help me
study?”
“I can’t go with you. I’m busy
cleaning the house,” said Tim.

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