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Here are the reported speech versions of the sentences: 1. She said that she could get home on her own. 2. They said that they hadn't been to an art gallery for ages. 3. He said that he'd think about it. 4. Mary said that she should have phoned her mother. 5. The doctor told me that I should cut down on my smoking. 6. My parents said that they were going on holiday tomorrow. 7. She told him to wait until she got back. 8. She told me to come here at once.

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Unit 10

Here are the reported speech versions of the sentences: 1. She said that she could get home on her own. 2. They said that they hadn't been to an art gallery for ages. 3. He said that he'd think about it. 4. Mary said that she should have phoned her mother. 5. The doctor told me that I should cut down on my smoking. 6. My parents said that they were going on holiday tomorrow. 7. She told him to wait until she got back. 8. She told me to come here at once.

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U N I T 1 0 : T H AT ’ S

E N T E RTA I N M E N T
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FORM 3
BY TEACHER JULIE
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
REPORTED
SPEECH
Before we go to Reported speech( INDIRECT SPEECH), let’s
look at Direct speech.
What is direct speech?
Direct speech is a representation of the actual words
someone said. A direct speech report usually has a
reporting verb in the past simple. The most common
reporting verb is said. The reporting clause may come first
or second.
For example:
Amy said “ I love your earrings”. DIRECT SPEECH
“ I like your T –shirt” Danial said.
REPORTED SPEECH
Let’s change these sentences to reported speech.
Amy said “ I love your earrings”. (DIRECT SPEECH)

Amy said that she loved my earrings. (REPORTED


SPEECH/INDIRECT SPEECH)
Change the tense
Present simple – past simple
Change the pronouns -that (optional)
I/ she - your/my
REPORTED SPEECH
WHY DO WE USE SIMPLE PAST TENSE WHEN WE CHANGE DIRECT
SPEECH TO REPORTED SPEECH ( INDIRECT SPEECH)?
We called this back shifting. Robin said, “ I forgot to do my
homework”

past present
Reported speech :
Robin told the teacher that he had forgotten to do his homework.
Change the tense- Past simple Past perfect.
REPORTED SPEECH
When we change Direct speech to Reported speech( Indirect speech),
we need reporting verbs.
- Agree
- complain
- Mention
Say Irregular verbs

Tell
Say/ said
Tell/ told
REPORTED
SPEECH
Task 1
Change these sentences to Reported speech.
1. “He works in a bank” he said
2. Anitha said “ We went out last night”
3. “I’m coming !” Sheila said
4. “You should go to bed early” Mom said
5. “She is living in Kuantan for a few months”
Short Answer Submissions (all)

He said he works in a bank.


Anitha said they went out last night.
Vaisnavi Sheila said she is coming.
Mom said I should go to bed early.
She said she is living in Kuantan for a few months.

1. He says that he works in a bank.


2. Anitha says that they went out last night.
Pravin 3. Sheila says that she's coming.
4. Mom says that I should should go to bed early.
5. She says that she's living in Kuantan for a few months.
Task 1
Change these sentences to Reported speech.
1. “He works in a bank” he said- He said that he worked in a bank
2. Anitha said “ We went out last night”-Anitha said that they had
gone out last night
3. “I’m coming !” Sheila said-Sheila said that she was coming
4. “You should go to bed early” Mom said- Mom said that I should go
to bed early.
5. “She is living in Kuantan for a few months” Rahim said- Rahim said
that she was living in Kuantan for a few months.
REPORTE
D SPEECH
REPORTED
SPEECH
Direct speech
The reporting verb may sometimes come in
the middle of the reported clause, especially in
literary styles:

“No,” she said, “I’ve never seen it before.”

‘Was it,’ he asked, ‘the first time you had


spoken to Mrs Dalton?’
REPORTED SPEECH
• Reported Questions
• So now you have no problem with making reported speech from positive and
negative sentences. But how about questions?
• Direct speech: Where do you live?
• How can we make the reported speech here?

In fact, it's not so different from reported statements. The tense changes are
the same, and we keep the question word. The very important thing though is
that, once we tell the question to someone else, it isn't a question any more.
So we need to change the grammar to a normal positive sentence. A bit
confusing? Maybe this example will help:Direct speech: Where do you live?
• Reported speech: She asked me where I lived.
REPORTED
SPEECH
• Do you see how I made it? The direct question is in the
present simple tense. We make a present simple question
with 'do' or 'does' so I need to take that away. Then I
need to change the verb to the past simple.

Another example:Direct speech: Where is Jamilah?


• Reported speech: She asked me where Jamilah was.
The direct question is the present simple of 'be’. We
make the question form of the present simple of be by
inverting (changing the position of)the subject and verb.
So, we need to change them back before putting the
verb into the past simple.
Here are some more examples:
Direct Question Reported Question

Where is the Post Office, please? She asked me where the Post Office was.

What are you doing? She asked me what I was doing.

Who was that fantastic man? She asked me who that fantastic man had been.
REPORTED SPEECH
• So much for 'wh' questions. But, what if you need to report a 'yes / no' question? We
don't have any question words to help us. Instead, we use 'if':Direct speech: Do you like
chocolate?
• Reported speech: She asked me if I liked chocolate.
• No problem? Here are a few more examples:

Direct Question Reported Question

Do you love me? He asked me if I loved him.

Have you ever been to Mexico? She asked me if I had ever been to Mexico.

Are you living here?


She asked me if I was living here.
• 1. She said, "I can get home on my own".
She said that she could get home on her own
• 2. They said, "We haven't been to an art gallery for ages".
• They said that they hadn’t been to an art gallery for ages
• 4. He said, "I’ll think about it."
• He said that he would think about it
• 5. Mary said, "I should have phoned ( present perfect) my
mother".
• Mary said that she should have phoned her mother
6. The doctor told me. "You should cut down on your smoking."
The doctor told me that I should cut down on my smoking .

9. My parents said, "We are going on holiday tomorrow."


My parents said that they were going on holiday tomorrow .

10.She said, "Wait until I get back!“ come here at once, My mother said
She told him to wait until she got back. She told me to come here at once

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