REPORTED

SPEECH

A: I live in Tabasco
B: He said he lived in Tabasco
 Conversation between 2 friends, who were planning a campaign trip, but
there is a problem with THE trip

 Eric: Listen. I don’t know if I can go camping next week.

 Steve: Why not? What happened?

 Eric: The problem is that Nancy told me she ___________________

 _________________________________________ and when I said

________________________________, she got mad. She said ____
 ______________________________________________________
_
Verb tenses
reported speech
Direct Speech Reported Speech
 PRESENT SIMPLE  PAST SIMPLE
 SIMPLE PAST  PAST PERFECT
 PRESENT PERFECT  PAST PERFECT
 PRESENT PROGRESSIVE  PAST PROGRESSIVE
 WILL  WOULD
 CAN  COULD
 EXAMPLES
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

 I am hungry  Pete said he was hungry

 Emily said she had seen them leave
 I saw them leave
 George told me he had made the
 I have made the homework homework
 He is living here  Carl said he was living here
 I will play baseball  My father told me he would play baseball
 I can speak Spanish  The teacher told us she could speak
Spanish
 CHANGES IN SUBJECTS
 I -You/He/She

 Me – Him/Her

 My – His/Her

 You – Me, I

 Your – My

 We –You/They

 Us –You/Them

 Our –Your/Their

My house is white
He said/He told me (that) his house was white
 REPORTED QUESTIONS

1. What words do you use after ask to report a yes/no

question?
2. Is the auxiliary do/did used in reported questions?
 Reported Questions

 Reported Questions are a form of reported speech.

 We usually introduce reported questions with the
verb “ask”:
 Reported Questions
DIRECT QUESTION REPORTED QUESTIONS
Can you pay half of the check? 1.
Yes/No Questions Will you drive me home? ___________________________
______
2.
___________________________
______
How much do you weigh? 3.
Information Questions Who are you planning to vote ___________________________
for? ________
How much money do you make? 4.
___________________________
________
5.
___________________________
________