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Inglés VIII
REPORTED SPEECH
 Reported Statements
 Special Introductory Verbs
 Reported Questions
 Reported commands

2. Reported Speech (Statements)
In Direct Speech, we give the exact words that someone said. The words of the speaker are put in quotation marks.
Irina said, ‘Tina is on the plane.’
In Reported Speech, we give the meaning of what someone said, but with changes and without quotation marks. We
use a reporting verb, usually say or tell, followed by that (which can be omitted) and the reported statement.
Ex: Irina said that Tina was on the phone.
• When we change a sentence from Direct or Reported Speech, pronouns and possessive adjectives, change according
to the meaning of the sentence.
‘I like your new bike,’ said Ian.
Ian said that he liked my new bike.
• When a sentence changes from Direct to Reported Speech, tenses, modals and time expressions change as follows:
Present Simple >> Past Simple
Karen said, ‘I want to buy a new car.’
Karen said, (that) she wanted to buy a new car.
Present Progressive >> Past Progressive
Alan said, ‘I’m having a shower.’
Alan said he was having a shower.

3. Reported Speech (Statements)
Past Simple >> Past Perfect Simple
Lars said, ‘I saw a bear behind the tree.’
Lars said he had seen a bear behind the tree.
Present Perfect Simple >> Past Perfect Simple
Tim said, ‘I’ve seen the Loch Ness monster.’
Tim said he had seen the Loch Ness monster.’
Present Perfect Progressive >> Past Perfect Progressive
Andy said, ‘I’ve been waiting for an hour.’
Andy said he had been waiting for an hour.
will >> would
Dan said, ‘I’ll call you later.’
Dan said he would call me later.
can >> could
Mina said, ‘I can show you the way.’
Mina said she could show me the way.’

4. Reported Speech (Statements)
Conditional Sentences Type 1 >> Conditional Sentences Type 2
Diane said, ‘If we take a taxi, we’ll get there more quickly.’
Diane said if they took a taxi, they would get there more quickly.
may >> might
Paula said, ‘I may go to Brazil.’
Paula said she might go to Brazil.
must >> had to
Jim said, ‘You must work hard.’
Jim said I had to work hard.
now >> then
Mandy said, ‘I’ll talk to him now!’
Mandy said she would take her of him then.
today, tonight >> that day, that night
Tom said, ‘We’re meeting Tim today.’
Tom said they were meeting Tim that day.’

5. Reported Speech (Statements)
yesterday >> the previous day / the day before
Danny said, ‘I visited my lawyer yesterday.’
Danny said he had visited his lawyer the previous day.
this morning/year, etc. >> that morning/year, etc.
Mark said, ‘I haven’t eaten anything since this morning.’
Mark said he hadn’t eaten anything since that morning.
here >> there
Eric said, ‘I saw it here.’
Eric said he had seen it there.
tomorrow >> the next day / the following day
Sally said, ‘I’m flying to Paris tomorrow.’
Sally said she was flying to Paris the following day.
ago >> before
Ben said, ‘I’ve bought this car two days ago.’
Dave said he had bought that car two days before.

6. Reported Speech (Statements)
last week/month, etc. >> the following week/month, etc.
the week/month, etc. before
Dave said, ‘I called Mandy last week.’
Dave said that he had called Mandy the previous week.
next week/month, etc. >> the following week/month, etc.
Gary said, ‘I’ll return the book next week.’
Gary said he would return the book the following week.

7. Special Introductory Verbs
There are a number of special introductory verbs used in Reported Speech.
• verb + full infinitive (agree, claim, demand, offer, promise, refuse, threaten, etc.)
‘I’ll babysit for you.’ said Patty.
Patty offered to babysit for me.
• verb + object + full infinitive (advise, allow, ask, beg, encourage, forbid, invite, order, permit, remind, warn, etc.)
‘You should take better care of yourself, Ivana,’ said Gregg.
Gregg advised Ivana to take better care of herself.
• verb + -ing form (accuse sb of, apologise for, admit (to), complain to sb about, deny, insist on, suggest, etc.)
‘George lied to me,’ said Cynthia.
Cynthia accused George of lying to her.
• verb + that clause (admit, agree, claim, complain, exclaim, explain, inform sb, promise, suggest, etc.)
You never listen to me,’ he said.
He complained that I never listened to him.

8. Reported Speech (Questions)
• We usually introduce reported questions with the reporting verbs ask, wonder and the expression want to know.
• The verbs in reported questions are in the affirmative form.
Ex: ‘Why did you go to the doctor?’ he asked.
He asked me why I had gone to the doctor.
• If the direct question begins with a question word, the reported question also begins with the same question word.
Ex: ‘Where are you going?’ she asked.
She asked me where I was going.
• If the direct question does not begin with a question word, the reported question begins with if or whether.
Ex: ‘Did you enjoy the concert?’ he asked.
He asked me if/whether I had enjoyed the concert.
• When we change questions from Direct to Reported Speech, pronouns, tenses, adverbs, etc. change in the same way
as in reported statements.

9. Reported Speech (Commands and requests
• We commonly use tell, command or order when we report
commands and ask or beg when we report requests.
• The Imperative changes to: to + base form
• and the negative imperative to: not + to + base form.
Ex: ‘Sit down, Rex,’ said Dan >>> Dan told Rex to sit down.
‘’Don’t tell anyone, please,’ Laura said. >>> Laura asked me not to
tell anyone.

10. Now listen to the following conversation and see how reported sentences are used in a
common conversation to practice. Click on the icon so you can listen to the conversation
and check pronunciation.

11. Now answer the following questions :

12. Hola, ¿que te parecio el tema? ¿Un poco complejo? Bueno como pudiste
darte cuenta aquí hay una mezcla de tiempos y auxiliares modales que
hemos visto con anterioridad y que de no estar claro el uso de ellos por
supuesto que nos costara trabajo manejar este tipo de temas gramaticales,
el reported speech o indirect speech se usa cuando vamos a reportar a una
persona lo que otra más dijo, muchas personas le llaman el tema para el
chisme y pues en cierta forma si pues cuando alguien quiere comunicar lo
que otra dijo el reported speech es usado. Esperamos que con los ejercicios
que se asignen a este tema puedas practicar y el tema quede un poco más
claro, recuerda que siempre puedes contar con el apoyo de tu profesor al
frente del grupo, quien con gusto te apoyara con cualquier duda o situación
que se te presente en estas lecciones. Suerte en tu próxima lección…

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