REPORTED SPEECH

direct statement:

He said: I love her so much.

Reported speech:

He said that he loved her so much.

REPORTING VERBS:
say, mention, claim, asked, add, tell, admire, admit, consider, promise, .

RULES TO FOLLOW
TENSES:

PRESENT TENSE
He said, I love her so much.

PAST TENSE

PAST TENSE

He said that he loved her so much.

PAST PERFECT TENSE

He said, I loved her so much.

He said that he had loved her so much.

PRESENT PERFECT

PAST PERFECT TENSE

He said, I have loved her so much.

WILL FUTURE

He said that he had loved her so much.

WOULD

He said, I will love her so much.

CAN

He said that he would love her so much.

COULD

He said, I can play basketball . He said that he could play basketball.

INSTRUCTION

To + INFINITIVE

He said, Love me!

He told her to love him.

TIME/SPACE EXPRESSIONS:

YESTERDAY

THE DAY BEFORE

TODAY

THAT DAY

LAST WEEK/MONTH/

THE WEEK/MONTH/ BEFORE

TOMORROW
NEXT MONTH/YEAR/

THIS/THESE

THE FOLLOWING MONTH/YEAR/

HERE

NOW

THE NEXT DAY

THAT/THOSE

THERE
THEN/AT THAT MOMENT

QUESTIONS:

WH/HOW Questions

WH/HOW word remains

He asked me: Why do you love me?

(direct question)

He asked me why I loved him.

(Reported question)

He asked me: How much do I love me? (direct question)

He asked me how much I loved him.

YES/NO - Questions

(Reported question)

IF/WHETHER

He asked me, Do you love me?

(direct

question)
He asked me if I loved him.
(Reported question)
He asked me whether I loved him.

(Reported question)

Write what Sarah said using reported speech

SHE SAID THAT.
1. Im living in New York.
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2. My mother isnt very well.
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3. Jane and Paul are going to visit Italy next month.
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4. My brother had an accident.
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5. I havent seen Diana last night.
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6. Jack and Jill were waiting for the bus.
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7. I dont drink coffee anymore.
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Transform into DIRECT Speech:

1. He said that she would leave at six.
He said: _____________________________________________________________________
2. He said that Peter often went fishing.

He said: _____________________________________________________________________
3. Mary asked if she could come back later.
Mary: ______________________________________________________________________
4. I said that I had just seen Mark.
Me: ________________________________________________________________________
5. Alan told me that Angela was watching TV.
Alan: _______________________________________________________________________
6. They said that the cat had been sleeping on the sofa.
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7. I said that we were late.
Me: ________________________________________________________________________
8. She asked what the boys were doing.
She asked: ___________________________________________________________________

Change these questions to reported question

HE ASKED
1. How old are you?
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2. Are you married?
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3. Do you live nearby?
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4. Where have you worked before?
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5. Can you speak German or French?
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6. Do you have a driving license?
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7. How much money do you want?
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8. When can you start?
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Place these sentences in the correct order.

1.The teacher said to the student : Close the door.
told the The to the door. teacher close student
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2.The president said, We have to increase our economy.
president The that our we had to economy. increase said
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3. Mike said: This bike is mine
said was that that bike Koka his.
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4.He says: Nobody is perfect
says that is perfect. He nobody
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5. Dad said. Do not talk while eating
us talk eating. to told Dad not while _________________________________________________________________
6. The president said: I need to tell you something important
important. to tell needed us The president said something he
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7.Mom asked : Do you want cake or candy?
Mum candy. wanted asked we cake whether or
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