Reported Speech

In conversation you often need to report something that someone said earlier we use reported speech
1. Reporting verbs
To say to sb
To explain to sb
To apologise to sb
To suggest to sb

To tell sb
To ask sb
To offer sb
To advise sb
To invite sb
To beg sb

2. Time and place expressions

Now: then
Today: that day
Yesterday: the previous day / the day before
Last week: the previous week / the week before
A month ago: the previous month / the month
before
3. Pronouns
Object
Subject
Possessive
pronouns
Pronouns
Adjectives
Me
I
My
You
You
Your
Him
He
His
Her
She
Her
It
It
Its
Us
We
Our
You
You
Your
Them
They
Their

4. Tenses
Present simple
Shes a great fan of quiz shows
Past simple
She worked very hard
Future simple
We will win the contest
Present continuous
He is interviewing the contestant
Past continuous
You were writing a composition
Present perfect simple
Mara has enjoyed the programme
Present perfect continuous
They have been watching TV
Past perfect simple
She had already made other plans
Past perfect continuous
We had been studying at Oxford
Can
I can speak English
May
I may see Peter tonight
Must
I must study harder

To declare that
To insist that
To agree that

Tomorrow: the following day / the day after

Next week: the following week / the week after
Here: there
This: that
These: those

Reflexive
pronouns
Myself
Yourself
Himself
Herself
Itself
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves

Possessive
pronouns
Mine
Yours
His
Hers
Its
Ours
Yours
Theirs

Past simple
He said that she was a great fan of quiz shows.
Past perfect simple
He said that she had worked very hard.
Conditional modal would
They said that they would win the contest.
Past continuous
He said that he was interviewing the contestant.
Past perfect continuous
He said I had been writing a composition.
Past perfect simple
She said that Mara had enjoyed the programme.
Past perfect continuous
He said that they had been watching TV.
Past perfect simple
She said that she had already made other plans.
Past perfect continuous
They said that they had been studying at Oxford.
Could
She said she could speak English
Might
She said she might see Peter that night.
Had to
She said that she had to study harder.

1.

Affirmative and negative

Ive been to London twice she said that she had been to London twice.
By the time you arrive here, I will not (wont) have finished my homework he said that by the time I
arrived there, he would not have finished his homework.

2. Questions

Yes/No questions

Are you coming to the theater tomorrow? Mara asked me. Mara asked me if I was coming to the
theater the day after/tomorrow.
Question words
When did you see her? Peter asked my friend. Peter asked my friend when he had seen her.
3. Orders, requests and advice
Orders Do your homework! She ordered (me) to do my homework.
Requests Can you do your homework? She asked (me) to do my homework.
Advice Dont worry, be happy Peter ordered Peter advised (me) not to worry, to be happy.

4. Suggestions
Why dont we go to Seville? Karen suggested Karen suggested going to Seville. / Karen suggested that
we should go to Seville.
Lets have a huge party! John suggested John suggested having a huge party. / John suggested that we
should have a huge party.
Shall we go to the cinema? Peter suggested Peter suggested going to the cinema. / Peter suggested that
we should go to the cinema