3. In English when we report what some one has said we
use reported speech
Reported speech can be differentiate into
several numbers, the most common ways
are :
Reported Reported Reported
Reported
Statement Question request
command
4. The rules of making reported
statement
The tense is changed
(if the reporting verb is not in form of present or future)
The pronoun is changed
The adverb of place and time are changed
The elimination of (“_”,)
The use of ‘that’
5. • Rudi said,” I have a new book at my home”
• Rudy said that he had a new book at his home
• Carla told me, “You and I will go together today”
• Carla told me that I and she would go together
that day
• Rusty says , “he will come tonight”
• Rusty says that he will come tonight
6. The rules of making reported question
(yes / no question)
The use of ‘if / whether’
(?) form is changed into (+/-) form
The elimination of (“_”,) and (?)
Tenses change (if the reporting verb is not in form of present or future)
Adverb of time and place change
Pronoun change
The reporting verb said, told, are changed into asked
7. Sean said to the man, ”Do you want me to blow up
your head?”
Sean asked the man if he wanted him to blow the
man’s head
Ardi asked me, “were you at home last night?”
Ardi asked me whether I had been at home the
previous night
