reported speech

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REPORTED SPEECH
USO:
- Usamos el estilodirectocuandoescribimoslaspalabrasexactasque alguiendijo. ‘This
is the best food I’veevereaten!‘ she said.
- Usamos estilo indirectocuandoreescribimos algoque hasidodichoo escrito. No
usamosexactamente lasmismaspalabras.
FORM:
- Con el estilodirecto,laspalabrasque sonhabladasse ponenentre comillas. They all
shouted,’Hurry up’
- Con el estiloindirectolaformaeslasiguiente:verb+that+clause.Podemosutilizarsay
and tell comoverbos.Si usamossay, nonecesitamosunobjeto,cuandoutilizamos tell
si. She told me thatshe felt ill. / He told us thathe’d lost his wallet./He said that they
wanted to go home./You said thatyou loved me.
Direct speech Reportedspeech
Presentsimple/continuous.‘Iusually getup at
6am’,he said./‘I’mreading a greatbook’,she
said.
Past simple/continuous. He said he usually gotup
at 6am/she said she wasreading a greatbook.
Past simple.‘We playedtennistogether
yesterday’,she said.
Past perfectsimple. Shesaid they’d played tennis
togetherthe day before
Presentperfectsimple.‘Ivelived in this area for
years’,Ben said.
Past perfectsimple. Ben said he’d lived in this area
foryears.
Will.‘Itwill rain tomorrow, said the weather
forecast.
Would.The weatherforecastsaiditwouldrain the
nextday.
Can. ‘I can’tsing very well’, he said Could.He said he couldn’tsing very well.
Reportedquestions:
Wh-questions
Direct speech Reported Speech
Questionword+auxiliaryverb+subject+verb.
‘Whatare you doing?’sheasked
Questionword+subject+verb. Sheasked uswhat
we were doing.
Yes/no questions
Auxiliaryverb+subject+verb. Do you wanta
sandwich?’heasked.
If/whether+subject+verb. He asked me if I
wanted a sandwich
1. Look at the sentencesbelowandwrite themin reportedspeech.
a. ‘Thisismy latestfilm’Anne said.
b. ‘I’ve alreadywrittenmyautobiography’,Leonardoexplained.
c. ‘I’ll startmy ownperfume business’,saidSarah..
d. ‘I can act in seriousplaysaswell’ Elle argued.

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e. ‘I don’twantto give anymore interviews’,Wayne said.
f. ‘Our newsingle sold100000 copieslastmonth’,the bandtoldus.
2. Complete the secondsentence ineach pair so it meansthe same as the first.Use
betweenone and three words.
a. Lady gaga: ‘I don’tlike celebrities.Idon’thangout withthem’.
Lady Gaga said she didn’tlike celebritiesand_______________with them.
b. Will Ferrell:‘Ihave onlybeenfunnyaboutseventy-fourpercentof the time’.
Will Ferrel saidhe______________funny aboutseventy-fourpercentof the time’.
c. Maria Sharapova:‘ I am beautiful,famousandgorgeous’.
Maria Sharapovasaid________________beautiful, famousandgorgeous.
d. DavidBeckham:’I alwayswantedtobe a hairdresser’.
DavidBeckhamsaidhe______________to be a hairdresser.
e. RobertDowneyJr:‘ I’m thinkingof gettingamonkey’.
RobertDowneyJrsaid________________of gettingamonkey.
3. Write the reportedspeechindirect speech.
a. I askedChantelle if she hadanyplansforthe nextsix months.
b. I askedwhere Chantelle hadbeenonholidaythisyear.
c. I askedwhatChantelle wasplanningtowearto the realityTV awards.
d. One of ourreadersaskedhow Chantelle usuallyspentherweekends.
e. I askedif Chantelle hashadanyplasticsurgerydone.
f. I askedherif she wouldcome back and talkto us nextmonth.