Direct Speech vs Reported Speech
Reported Speech
Direct speech: He said: “I speak English”
Reported speech: He said that he spoke English
If we report what another person has said,
we usually don’t use the speaker’s exact
words (direct speech, and we use “”), but
reported speech.
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Pronouns
01
Place and time
expressions
02
Possessive
adjectives
Tenses
When reporting, consider changing…
Backshifting
Direct Speech Reported Speech
Present simple Past simple
Present continuous Past continuous
Past simple / Present Perfect Past Perfect
Future “going to” Was/were going to
Future “will” / would would
Can Could
Must Had to
Direct Reported
Today / tonight That day / that night
Now Then / at that moment
Yesterday The day before / the previous day
… days ago … days before
Last week The week before / the previous week
Next year The following year / the year after
Tomorrow The next day / the following day / the day
after
Time Expressions
Direct Reported
Here There
This That
These Those
Place Expressions
Types of sentences
Questions
Statements
Commands
Statements
Oraciones enunciativas
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●Common verbs: say and tell
●The conjunction “that” can always me omitted
●Joaquin said: “I don’t like Real Zaragoza”
○Joaquin said (that) he didn’t like Real Zaragoza
○Joaquin told me (that) he didn’t like Real Zargoza
Statements
Say vs tell
Say (to someone) that…
He said that he was ill
He said to Jane that he was ill
He said me that he was ill
Tell someone that…
Jerry told me that he loved studying
Jerry told that he loved studying
Jerry told to me that he loved studying
Other verbs for statements
• Announce (to sb)
• Complain
• Explain (to sb)
• Reply
• Mention
• Add
• Inform sb
• Insist
• Reveal
02 Questions
Oraciones interrogativas
Questions
Alicia: “Dora, are you coming to the party tomorrow?”
Dora: “What time is the party?”
Tom tells Mike what’s happening:
Alicia asked Dora if she was going to the party the following
day and Dora wanted to know what time the party was.
Questions
• Yes-No questions: we use if or whether (Short
Questions)
• “Dora, are you coming to the party tomorrow?”
• Alicia asked Dora if she was going to the party.
• Wh-questions: we use “wh-words” (Long Questions)
• “What time is the party?”
• Dora asked what time the party was
Questions
• The order of the sentence must be
• Subject + verb + object
• Anne asked where lived Mary
• Anne asked where Mary lived
Other verbs for questions
• Ask
• Want to know
• Wonder
• “Do you like chocolate?” she asked
• She wanted to know if I liked chocolate
• “Did you speak to Jorge last night?” he asked
• He wondered if I had spoken to Jorge the
night before
Commands 03
Oraciones imperativas
Commands
Orders /
Commands
Requests
Invitations
Suggestions
Order / Command
My mother said: “make your bed”
My mother told me to make my bed
My mother ordered me to make my bed
My mother told me that I make my bed
Commands: orders
Request
I said to my father: “Can you make the bed for me?”
I asked my father to make the bed for me
I asked my father that he makes the bed for me
Commands: request
Invitation
Lucía asked me: “Will you come to my birthday
party?”
Lucía invited me to go to her birthday party
Commands: invitations
Advice
My teacher said: “You should study more”
My teacher advised me to study more
Commands: advice
Warning
Adriana said to Clara: “Don’t touch my mobile phone or…”
Adriana warned Clara not to touch her mobile phone
Adriana asked Clara not to touch her mobile phone
Commands: warnings
Look!
My mother ordered me to make my bed
I asked my father to make the bed for me
Lucía invited me to go to her birthday party
My teacher advised me to study more
Adriana warned Clara not to touch her mobile phone
Verb + sb + (not) to + verb
Commands
Suggestions
Julia said: “Let’s go to the disco”
Julia suggested going to the disco
that we should go to the
disco
Suggest + that + subject + verb without to
Commands: suggestions
Practice!
Let’s see if you understood
He said: “I am happy”
He said that he was happy
She said: “I went to the cinema yesterday”
She said that she had gone to he cinema the day before.
Present Simple
Past Simple
“I am writing my essay righ now” she said
She said that she was writing her essay then.
They said: ”They have never been to Brazil”
They said that they had never been to Brazil.
Present Continuous
Present Perfect
“We are going to go to Acapulco”, they said
They said they were going to go to Acapulco
“He will have three children” she thought
She thought he would have three children
Future “going to”
Future will
Julia said “They would love to visit Madrid”
Julia said they would love to visit Madrid.
“He can’t go to university next year” she said
She said he couldn’t go to university the following year.
Would
Can
Exercises statements
Julia: “I live in my own apartment”
Nick: “I am going to visit my
parents next weekend”
Tom: “I have studied Italian for a
year”
Linda and John: “We can’t come to
the party next week”
Terry: “I’ll write as soon as I get
there”
Andrew: “I’m learning to cook
chinese food”
She said that she lived in her own
apartment
He said that he was going to visit his
parents the following weekend
Tom said he had studied Italian for a year
They said they couldn’t come to the party
the following week
Terry said that he would write as soon as
he got there
He said that he was learning to cook
Chinese food
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Exercises questions
She asked where her
umbrella was
Martin asked us how we were
He asked if he had to do it
The mother asked her
daughter where she had been
She asked her boyfriend
which dress he liked best
Elena: “Where’s my umbrella?”
“How are you?” Martin asked us
He asked: “Do I have to do it?”
“Where have you been?” the mother
asked her daughter
“Which dress do you like best?” she
asked her boyfriend
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2
3
4
5
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Exercises questions
He asked: “What time is it?””
“Are you working these days”, he
said
“Did you speak to John last night?”
she asked
She asked: “What are you doing
tomorrow?”
“What happens?” He asked
“Where did you go last summer?”
He asked
He asked what time it was
He wanted to know if I was working those
days
She wanted to know if I had spoken to
John the night before
She wanted to know what I was doing the
next day
He wanted to know what happened
He asked me where I had gone the
previous summer
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5
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More practice
Reported Speech Statements
Reported Speech Questions
Reported Speech 1
Reported Speech 2
Reported Speech 3
Reported Speech 4
Reported Speech 5
More practice
Pronouns in Reported Speech Exercise
Tenses in Reported Speech
Grammar Friends: Reported Speech
Grammar Friends: Reported Speech 2
Reported Speech Exercises (Perfect English
Grammar)
Genially Reported Speech
Includes: explanation, examples and exercises
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Reported Speech General Review and Practice

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    Direct Speech vsReported Speech Reported Speech
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    Direct speech: Hesaid: “I speak English” Reported speech: He said that he spoke English If we report what another person has said, we usually don’t use the speaker’s exact words (direct speech, and we use “”), but reported speech.
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    03 04 Pronouns 01 Place andtime expressions 02 Possessive adjectives Tenses When reporting, consider changing…
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    Backshifting Direct Speech ReportedSpeech Present simple Past simple Present continuous Past continuous Past simple / Present Perfect Past Perfect Future “going to” Was/were going to Future “will” / would would Can Could Must Had to
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    Direct Reported Today /tonight That day / that night Now Then / at that moment Yesterday The day before / the previous day … days ago … days before Last week The week before / the previous week Next year The following year / the year after Tomorrow The next day / the following day / the day after Time Expressions
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    Direct Reported Here There ThisThat These Those Place Expressions
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    ●Common verbs: sayand tell ●The conjunction “that” can always me omitted ●Joaquin said: “I don’t like Real Zaragoza” ○Joaquin said (that) he didn’t like Real Zaragoza ○Joaquin told me (that) he didn’t like Real Zargoza Statements
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    Say vs tell Say(to someone) that… He said that he was ill He said to Jane that he was ill He said me that he was ill Tell someone that… Jerry told me that he loved studying Jerry told that he loved studying Jerry told to me that he loved studying
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    Other verbs forstatements • Announce (to sb) • Complain • Explain (to sb) • Reply • Mention • Add • Inform sb • Insist • Reveal
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    Questions Alicia: “Dora, areyou coming to the party tomorrow?” Dora: “What time is the party?” Tom tells Mike what’s happening: Alicia asked Dora if she was going to the party the following day and Dora wanted to know what time the party was.
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    Questions • Yes-No questions:we use if or whether (Short Questions) • “Dora, are you coming to the party tomorrow?” • Alicia asked Dora if she was going to the party. • Wh-questions: we use “wh-words” (Long Questions) • “What time is the party?” • Dora asked what time the party was
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    Questions • The orderof the sentence must be • Subject + verb + object • Anne asked where lived Mary • Anne asked where Mary lived
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    Other verbs forquestions • Ask • Want to know • Wonder • “Do you like chocolate?” she asked • She wanted to know if I liked chocolate • “Did you speak to Jorge last night?” he asked • He wondered if I had spoken to Jorge the night before
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    Order / Command Mymother said: “make your bed” My mother told me to make my bed My mother ordered me to make my bed My mother told me that I make my bed Commands: orders
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    Request I said tomy father: “Can you make the bed for me?” I asked my father to make the bed for me I asked my father that he makes the bed for me Commands: request
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    Invitation Lucía asked me:“Will you come to my birthday party?” Lucía invited me to go to her birthday party Commands: invitations
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    Advice My teacher said:“You should study more” My teacher advised me to study more Commands: advice
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    Warning Adriana said toClara: “Don’t touch my mobile phone or…” Adriana warned Clara not to touch her mobile phone Adriana asked Clara not to touch her mobile phone Commands: warnings
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    Look! My mother orderedme to make my bed I asked my father to make the bed for me Lucía invited me to go to her birthday party My teacher advised me to study more Adriana warned Clara not to touch her mobile phone Verb + sb + (not) to + verb Commands
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    Suggestions Julia said: “Let’sgo to the disco” Julia suggested going to the disco that we should go to the disco Suggest + that + subject + verb without to Commands: suggestions
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    He said: “Iam happy” He said that he was happy She said: “I went to the cinema yesterday” She said that she had gone to he cinema the day before. Present Simple Past Simple
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    “I am writingmy essay righ now” she said She said that she was writing her essay then. They said: ”They have never been to Brazil” They said that they had never been to Brazil. Present Continuous Present Perfect
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    “We are goingto go to Acapulco”, they said They said they were going to go to Acapulco “He will have three children” she thought She thought he would have three children Future “going to” Future will
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    Julia said “Theywould love to visit Madrid” Julia said they would love to visit Madrid. “He can’t go to university next year” she said She said he couldn’t go to university the following year. Would Can
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    Exercises statements Julia: “Ilive in my own apartment” Nick: “I am going to visit my parents next weekend” Tom: “I have studied Italian for a year” Linda and John: “We can’t come to the party next week” Terry: “I’ll write as soon as I get there” Andrew: “I’m learning to cook chinese food” She said that she lived in her own apartment He said that he was going to visit his parents the following weekend Tom said he had studied Italian for a year They said they couldn’t come to the party the following week Terry said that he would write as soon as he got there He said that he was learning to cook Chinese food 1 2 3 4 5 6 ?
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    Exercises questions She askedwhere her umbrella was Martin asked us how we were He asked if he had to do it The mother asked her daughter where she had been She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best Elena: “Where’s my umbrella?” “How are you?” Martin asked us He asked: “Do I have to do it?” “Where have you been?” the mother asked her daughter “Which dress do you like best?” she asked her boyfriend 1 2 3 4 5 ?
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    Exercises questions He asked:“What time is it?”” “Are you working these days”, he said “Did you speak to John last night?” she asked She asked: “What are you doing tomorrow?” “What happens?” He asked “Where did you go last summer?” He asked He asked what time it was He wanted to know if I was working those days She wanted to know if I had spoken to John the night before She wanted to know what I was doing the next day He wanted to know what happened He asked me where I had gone the previous summer 1 2 3 4 5 6 ?
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    More practice Reported SpeechStatements Reported Speech Questions Reported Speech 1 Reported Speech 2 Reported Speech 3 Reported Speech 4 Reported Speech 5
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    More practice Pronouns inReported Speech Exercise Tenses in Reported Speech Grammar Friends: Reported Speech Grammar Friends: Reported Speech 2
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    Reported Speech Exercises(Perfect English Grammar)
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    Genially Reported Speech Includes:explanation, examples and exercises If you still don’t understand…