The document provides examples and rules for using reported speech. It explains that reported speech is used to relay messages, news, or things that happened in the past. When using reported speech, verbs usually change to the past tense. It provides examples of direct quotes and their reported versions. It then gives a series of sentences and asks the reader to identify the correct reported speech version by selecting the verb tense.

1. July 4th, 2022
UNIT 4: CHARACTERS
By: GABO
GRAMMAR SECTION
REPORTED SPEECH

2. We often use reported speech to:
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1. Give someone a telephone message.
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For example: Jessica said that she couldn’t come today
because she was sick.
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2. Tell someone news that we heard from
someone else.
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For example: Brittany told me that Anne graduated.
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3. To report something that happened earlier.
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For example: Camila said that the other driver ran the red
light and hit his car.

3. How Do we use Reported Speech?
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When we use Reported Speech, we are
usually talking about something that
happened in The Past.
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*Therefore, Verbs usually change to the
past.

4. For example:
am / is become
are
would
could
were
had
was
becomes
become
becomes
becomes
Have / has
can
will

5. Ahmad told me that he ………. not happy at
his job anymore and he………………….
he …………. quit.
I’m not happy at my job
anymore and I think I will
quit.
was
thought
would

6. Be careful with pronouns:
Ameera said that ………… sister was coming
to visit ………… soon.
My sister is coming to visit
me soon.
her
her

7. Report the
following
quotes

8. Ifind that the harder I work, the more luck I
seem to have.
Thomas Jefferson

9. He said he found that the harder he worked,
the more luck he seemed to have.
What did he say?

10. 90% of our worries are about things that will
not happen
Margaret
Thatcher

11. She said that 90% of their worries were
about things that would not happen
What didshe say?

12. Everything is funny as long as it is happening
to somebody else.
WillRogers

13. He said that everything was funnyas longas it was
happeningto somebodyelse.
What didhe say?

27. Gloria said that she
_________ a car then.
was driving drove was drove
was driving
next

28. Nick said that he ____
a lot of sandwiches.
ate
has eaten was eating
ate
next

29. Den said that he
________ a doctor then.
was visiting
is visiting
had visited
was visiting
next

30. Fransis said that he ________
the questions about his work then.
was asking
is asking asked
was asking
next

31. Walter said that he _______
too busy the previous week.
had been
was
is
had been
next

32. Jimmy said that he ______
too early every day.
got up
was getting up had got up
got up
next

33. Morgan said that he _______
so sad two days before.
had been
are was
had been
next

34. Bruce said that he _______
the competition.
had won has won won
had won
next

35. Mason said that he
_________a new TV.
had bought
has bought
is buying
had bought
next

36. Albert said that he _________
the flowers the day before.
had watered
watered was watering
had watered
next

37. Mark said that he ________
a new car the month before.
had bought have bought had buy
had bought
next

38. Denis said that he _______
to bed early that day.
would go was going went
would go
next

39. Carl said that he ______
the table.
had set
is setting
was setting
had set
next

40. Kate said that she ________
her pet five minutes after.
would feed
had fed
was feeding
would feed
next

41. Richard said that he ________
scared the day before.
had been is are
had been
next

42. Harry said that he _______
so happy the day before.
had been
has been is been
had been
next

43. Peter said that they _________
to read that book.
had finished
have finished finished
had finished
next