Reported Speech

REPORTED SPEECH
She said: “I´m hungry”
She said: “I missed my family”
She said: “I am walking”
She said: “I have bought a new car”
She said:” I will wait”
She said: “ I had waited”
She said.”I can walk”
She said: “I must walk”
She said: “It may be a good idea”
She said she was hungry
She said she had missed her family
She said she was walking.
She said she had bought a new car
She said she would wait
She said she had waited
She said she could walk
She said she had to walk
She said it might be a good idea.
DIRECT SPEECH
INDIRECT/REPORTED SPEECH

CHANGES
He told her: “I like your car”
She asked him: “Is this your car?
She told us:” these are my books”
He told me : “He doesn’t live here anymore”
He told her (that) he liked her new car
She asked him if that was his car.
She told us those were her books.
He told me he didn’t live there anymore
ADJECTIVES/ADVERBS
IINDIRECT CHANGES

TIME EXPRESSIONS
1 NOW
2 TODAY
3 YESTERDAY
4T HE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY
5 TOMORROW
6 THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
7 NEXT WEEK/MONTH/YEAR
8 LAST WEEK/MONTH/YEAR
9 TWO DAYS/THREE HOPURS AGO
1 THEN
2 THAT DAY
3 THE DAY BEFORE
4 TWO DAYS BEFORE
5 THE NEXT/FOLLOWING DAY
6 TWO DAYS LATER
7 THE FOLLLOWING WEEK/MONTH/YEAR
8 THE PREVIOUS WEEK/MONTH/YEAR
9 TWO DAYS/THREE HOURS BEFORE
DIRECT
INDIRECT

REPORTED QUESTIONS
Sandra asked:”Are you going out?”
Sandra asked if/whether I was going out.
Henry wondered: “Why is Andrew so late?”
Henry wondered why Andrew was so late
YES/NO QUESTIONS
WH- QUESTION

REPORTED COMMANDS
“ Sit down”
“ Don’t forget your umbrella”
“ Don’t shout at me”.
“ Work hard at school ”
He ordered them to sit down
She reminded him not to forget his umbrella.
He told her not to shout at him
He advised me to work hard at school
DIRECT
INDIRECT

REPORTED SUGGESTONS
“ Let`s go for a walk”
“ Why don’t we relax?”
He suggested that we went for a walk
She suggested that they relaxed.
DIRECT
INDIRECT

REPORTING VERBS
Add
Advise
Apologize
Ask
Complain
Confirm
Explain
Mention
Order
Promise
Afegir
Aconsellar
Demanar perdó
Preguntar
Queixarse
Confirmar
Explicar
Anomenar
Ordenar
prometre
ENGLISH
CATALAN

Remind
Say
Tell
Admit
Agree
Beg
Confess
Declare
Invite
Offer
Persuade
Recommend
Reply
whisper
Recordar
Dir
Dir, explicar
Admetre
Estar d’acord
Suplicar
Confessar
Declarar
Convidar
Oferir
Convèncer
Recomanar
Respondre
Suggerir
xiuxiuejar

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by Isabel Moreno Porro on Dec 02, 2009

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