Direct speech “ I don ´t like your house” Types of sentences

Indirect speech …..she says that she doesn´t like my house

…….she said that she didn´t like my house A.- statements
“my family isn´t very happy because today I have told them that I don´t
 If the reporting verb is present, you change the pronouns but you keep the
want to study at University”
verb tense.
 If the reporting verb is past, you change the pronouns, the verb tense and
some Time expressions. He told me that his family wasn´t very happy because that day he had
Verb changes told them that he didn´t want to study at University.
Direct speech Indirect speech
1. Present simple 1. Past simple B.- Yes- no questions
2. Present continuous 2. Past continuous “do you like your new house? Have you ever lived in a house like this
3. Past simple 3. Past perfect before?”
4. Past continuous 4. No change
5. Present perfect 5. Past perfect She asked him if he liked his new house and if he had lived in a house like
6. Past perfect 6. No change that before.
7. Can 7. Could
8. Will 8. Would
9. May 9. Might
C.- Wh –questions
10. Must/mustn´t/don´t have to 10. Had to/didn´t have to
11. Could, would,should,might 11. No change “Where did you go last night? Why weren´t you studying at home?”
Time expressions
Direct speech Indirect speech His mother asked him where he had gone the night before and why he
1. This 1. That wasn´t studying at home.
2. These 2. Those
3. Here 3. There
D.- Commands (orders)
4. Today 4. That day
5. Tomorrow 5. The next day, the following “open the letter and read it aloud!”
6. Tonight day
7. Yesterday 6. This night He ordered him to open the letter and to read it aloud
8. The next………. 7. The day before
9. The last………. 8. The following……
10. now 9. The …………before, the “don´t make noise and don´t smoke inside!”
previous……..
10. then They ordered us not to make noise and not to smoke inside
Reported speech. asked the man how long took…
Statements. 6. “how much do you think it will cost?” he asked me how much I
1. “I´m going out now, but I´ll be in by nine” he said thoughr it would cost
He said that he was going then, that out then, but he would be… 7. “what did you miss most when you were in prison?” the reporter
2. “I´m working in a restaurant but I don´t like it at all” she said asked them what they had missed more when they had been
She said that she was working in a restaurant,but she didn’t like it. 8. “how do you get with your mother-in-law?” Paul asked
3. “I can´t live on my basic salary, I´ll have to offer to do overtime” Peter Simonhow he got with his…
explained that 9. “what were you doing with these skeleton keys?” Mr Jones
Peter explained that he can’t couldn’t live on my basic salary, she would asked his students what they ware doing those
have to… 10. “do you have to tidy the room before you go to school?” Susan
4. “my young brother wants to be a tax inspector, I can´t think why. asked me If I had to tidy… begore I went to school
None of my family has ever been a tax inspector” Mary commented
that orders.
Marry commented her young brother wants wanted to be a taxi 1. “don´t put sticky things in your pockets” her mother told not to
inspector, She can’t thought couldn’t think… None of her family had ever put
been 2. “be careful and don´t make anything dangerous” the teacher
5. “we are waiting for the school bus and it is late again” they said ordered to be careful
They said they were waiting it was for the school bus and it is late again. 3. “get into the right lane” he ordered me to get into
6. “I have made a terrible mistake” Peter said that 4. “read the question twice and don´t answer it carelessly” she said
Peter said that he had make made a terrible mistake to read…no answer.
7. “you are always making terrible mistakes, you should be more 5. “fasten your seatbelts” the air hostess explained to fasten
careful” he told me that……… 6. “remember to book the table and don´t arrive late” my mother
He told me that I was always making teble mistakes, I should be more ordered to remember…not arrive.
careful´ 7. “don´t lend Harry any money, he never pays it back” he said not
to lend he never paid it back
 8. “we make $59 a week, and send most of it home to our wives” one of
the men said…”it is lonely being away from our families but we earn
three times as much in this factory as we would in our own country”
another explained that …………
One of the men said they made… and sent… their wifes. Another
explained that it was… Their fariles but they earied… that factory They’d their Bert: My cousin a Bert told
own country Mary is coming to stay _________________________
9. “you mustn´t drive so fast on this road you could have an accident” with me tomorrow.
b Harry said
the policeman explained the old lady… Harry: That’s good _______________________
The policeman explained the old lady she wasn’t allowed to drive so fast news.
on this that road she could have an accident c Bert explained
10. “I´ve just bought a car, but it is not insured yet so I may not take you Bert: Last week she ____________________
went to Paris. d Harry replied
for a drive”Bob explained…
Bob explained he had bought a car, but it was so he is not might most _____________________
Harry: I’ve been there
unsured yet so he may didn’t twice. e Bert told
_________________________
Bert: I’m going to
go there next f Harry said
month. ________________________
Harry: I’ll go with g Bert said
you if it’s not too _________________________
expensive.

Bert:We should book our

tickets tomorrow

Questions
 1. “who has been using my typewriter?” my mother asked who had
been using her typewriter
2. “do you want to see the cathedral?” the guide asked the visitors if I
they had seen the cathedral wanted… If I mided
3. “do you mind working on the night shifts?” he asked me if you had
working the night shifts. Who had given
4. “who did you give the money to?” Ann asked him asked who had gave
the money
5. how long does it take to get to Edinburgh by bus?” the tourists asked
how long have took to get to Edinburgh by bus

Rewrite these sentences in reported speech.

a ‘I’ve been to see Kate,’ said Andrea.
b ‘I’m going to Brazil next year,’ Tina told me.
c ‘Kevin had already left work,’ explained Sarah.
d ‘There’s a lot to do here,’ Emma told me.
e ‘If I win this competition, I’ll be so happy,’ said Martin.
f ‘Alan may be late tomorrow,’ Angela told me.
g ‘Margaret wasn’t at this school last year,’ Philip told me.
h ‘We can stay all night,’ they said.
Reported commands, questions and suggestions
Write these questions, commands, or suggestions in reported speech.
a ‘Why did you leave the group, Paul?’ asked the interviewer.
The interviewer asked _____________________
b ‘Don’t ask me that question!’ Paul told the interviewer.
Paul told _______________________________
c ‘Why don’t we go for a coffee?’ suggested George.
George suggested _______________________
d ‘Which film are they going to see tomorrow?’ Patricia wondered.
Patricia wondered ________________________
e ‘What will happen next?’ Liz wanted to know.
Liz wanted to know _______________________
f ‘Let’s buy some popcorn,’ suggested Jamie.
Jamie suggested ________________________
g ‘Come back tomorrow at 7 o’clock,’ the dentist told Alice.
The dentist told _________________________
h ‘Can you pay for the drinks, John?’ asked Robert.
Robert asked ___________________________
i ‘Don’t go in there,’ the police officer ordered us.
The police officer ordered __________________
j ‘Valerie, have you ever drunk tea with milk?’ asked Brian.
Brian asked ____________________________
Direct speech “ I don ´t like your house”
Indirect speech …..she says that she doesn´t like my house
…….she said that she didn´t like my house

 If the reporting verb is present, you change the pronouns but you keep the
verb tense.
 If the reporting verb is past, you change the pronouns, the verb tense and
some time expressions.
Verb changes
Direct speech Indirect speech
12. Present simple 12. Past simple
13. Present continuous 13. Past continuous
14. Past simple 14. Past perfect
15. Past continuous 15. No change
16. Present perfect 16. Past perfect
17. Past perfect 17. No change
18. Can 18. Could
19. Will 19. Would
20. May 20. Might
21. Must/mustn´t/don´t have to 21. Had to/didn´t have to
22. Could, would,should,might 22. No change
Time expressions
 Direct speech Indirect speech
11. This 11. That
12. These 12. Those
13. Here 13. There
14. Today 14. That day
15. Tomorrow 15. The next day, the
16. Tonight following day
17. Yesterday 16. This night
18. The next………. 17. The day before
19. The last………. 18. The following……
19. The …………before, the
previous……..
Reported speech.
Statements.
11. “I´m going out now, but I´ll be in by nine” he said that he was going
out then, but he would be in by nine.
12. “I´m working in a restaurant but I don´t like it at all” she said that
she was working in a restaurant but she didn´t like it all.
13. “I can´t live on my basic salary, I´ll have to offer to do overtime”
Peter explained that he couldn´t live on his basic salary, he would
have to offer to do overtime
14. “my young brother wants to be a tax inspector, I can´t think why.
None of my family has ever been a tax inspector” Mary commented
that her young brother wanted to be a tax inspector, she couldn´t
think why. None of her family had ever been a tax inspector
15. “we are waiting for the school bus and it is late again” they said that
they were waiting for the school bus and it was late again.
16. “I have made a terrible mistake” Peter said that he had made a
terrible mistake.
17. “you are always making terrible mistakes, you should be more
careful” he told me that I was always making terrible mistakes, I
should be more careful.
 18. “we make $59 a week, and send most of it home to our wives” one
of the men said that they made ………and sent most of it home to
their wives.it is lonely being away from our families but we earn
three times as much in this factory as we would in our own country”
another explained that it was lonely being away from their families
but they earned three times ….that factory as they would in their
own country
19. “you mustn´t drive so fast on this road you could have an accident”
the policeman explained the old lady that she didn´t have to drive so
fast on that road, she could have an accident
20. “I´ve just bought a car, but it is not insured yet so I may not take
you for a drive”Bob explained to me that he had just bought a car,
but it wasn´t insured yet so he might not take me for a drive.
Questions
11. “who has been using my typewriter?” my mother asked me who
had been using her typewriter.
12. “do you want to see the cathedral?” the guide asked the visitors if
they wanted to see the cathedral.
13. “do you mind working on the night shifts?” he asked me if I minded
working on the night shifts
14. “who did you give the money to?” Ann asked him who he had given
the money to
15. how long does it take to get to Edinburgh by bus?” the tourists

Rewrite these sentences in reported speech.

a ‘I’ve been to see Kate,’ said Andrea.
b ‘I’m going to Brazil next year,’ Tina told me.
c ‘Kevin had already left work,’ explained Sarah.
d ‘There’s a lot to do here,’ Emma told me.
e ‘If I win this competition, I’ll be so happy,’ said Martin.
f ‘Alan may be late tomorrow,’ Angela told me.
 g ‘Margaret wasn’t at this school last year,’ Philip told me.
h ‘We can stay all night,’ they said.
Reported commands, questions and suggestions
Write these questions, commands, or suggestions in reported speech.
a ‘Why did you leave the group, Paul?’ asked the interviewer.
The interviewer asked _____________________
b ‘Don’t ask me that question!’ Paul told the interviewer.
Paul told _______________________________
c ‘Why don’t we go for a coffee?’ suggested George.
George suggested _______________________
d ‘Which film are they going to see tomorrow?’ Patricia wondered.
Patricia wondered ________________________
e ‘What will happen next?’ Liz wanted to know.
Liz wanted to know _______________________
f ‘Let’s buy some popcorn,’ suggested Jamie.
Jamie suggested ________________________
g ‘Come back tomorrow at 7 o’clock,’ the dentist told Alice.
The dentist told _________________________
h ‘Can you pay for the drinks, John?’ asked Robert.
Robert asked ___________________________
i ‘Don’t go in there,’ the police officer ordered us.
The police officer ordered __________________
j ‘Valerie, have you ever drunk tea with milk?’ asked Brian.
Brian asked ____________________________

16. asked the man how long it took to get to Edimburgh by bus…………………….

17. “how much do you think it will cost?” he asked me how much I thought it would cost.…………………….

18. “what did you miss most when you were in prison?” the reporter asked them what they had missed most when they had been in
prison……………………………

19. “how do you get with your mother-in-law?” Paul asked Simon how he got with his mother-in -law………….
 20. “what were you doing with these skeleton keys?” Mr Jones asked his students what they were doing with those skeleton keys………………..

21. “do you have to tidy the room before you go to school?” Susan asked me if I had to tidy the room before I went to school.………………………..

orders.

8. “don´t put sticky things in your pockets” her mother told her not to put sticky things in her pocket…………………

9. “be careful and don´t make anything dangerous” the teacher ordered the students to be careful and not to make anything dangerous

10. “get into the right lane” he ordered me to get into the right lane………………………….

11. “read the question twice and don´t answer it carelessly” she said to read the question twice and not to answer it carelessly……………………………..

12. “fasten your seatbelts” the air hostess explained the passengers to fasten their seatbelts.……………………………

13. “remember to book the table and don´t arrive late” my mother ordered to remember to book the table and not to arrive late.…………………………..

14. “don´t lend Harry any money, he never pays it back” he said not to lend Harry any money, he never paid it back……………………………………………