1. Reported Speech What is it about?

2. What is "reported speech" useful for? • It is useful to say, tell, or report something that somebody else said. • It is very important to quote, somebody else's thoughts or opinions.

3. Some important rules before reporting. • Take into account time (Tomorrow, yestertady, today, now) • Take into account places (there, here,this, that) • Say = used when there is no reference • Tell = used when there is a reference • Tenses

4. Tenses

5. (No header) • Present tense "goes to" past tense • Past tense "goes to" present perfect • Past perfect "goes to" past perfect • Future tense "goes to" would tense (modal verbs)

6. Examples

7. (No header) • Sara: "I want to eat pizza" • Sara said that she wanted to eat pizza

8. (No header) • Sara: "I ate pizza yesterday" • Sara said that she has eaten pizza yesterday

9. (No header) • Sara: I have eaten lots of pizza • Sara said that she had eaten lots of pizza