The document reviews the rules for changing direct speech to reported speech in English. It states that if the direct speech uses the present simple, present continuous, past simple, or present perfect tense, reported speech requires changing it to the past tense. If the direct speech uses will, would, can, could, must, or had to, the reported speech also requires changing it to the past tense form. An example is provided to illustrate applying these rules.

1. March 17th, 2014
IES La Asunción – Elche
English
4º ESO B

2. English – 4º ESO B A little bird told me
GRAMMAR
David Antón Albaladejo IES La Asunción - Elche
Reported Speech I: REVIEW
If in “Direct Speech” there appears Present Simple …
…in Reported Speech we need:
Past Simple
If in “Direct Speech” there appears Present Continuous…
…in Reported Speech we need:
Past
Continuous

3. Let´s see an example:
English – 4º ESO B A little bird told me
David Antón Albaladejo IES La Asunción - Elche

4. Let´s see an example:
English – 4º ESO B A little bird told me
David Antón Albaladejo IES La Asunción - Elche

5. GRAMMAR
Reported Speech I: REVIEW
If in “Direct Speech”
there appears
Past Simple
or
Present Perfect Simple…
Past Perfect
Simple
…in Reported Speech
we need:
English – 4º ESO B A little bird told me
David Antón Albaladejo IES La Asunción - Elche

6. Let´s see an example:
English – 4º ESO B A little bird told me
David Antón Albaladejo IES La Asunción - Elche

7. Let´s see an example:
English – 4º ESO B A little bird told me
David Antón Albaladejo IES La Asunción - Elche

8. GRAMMAR
Reported Speech I: REVIEW
If in “Direct Speech”
there appears
Future with
WILL Conditional
with
WOULD
…in Reported Speech
we need:
English – 4º ESO B A little bird told me
David Antón Albaladejo IES La Asunción - Elche

9. Let´s see an example:
English – 4º ESO B A little bird told me
David Antón Albaladejo IES La Asunción - Elche

10. GRAMMAR
Reported Speech I: REVIEW
If in “Direct Speech”
there appears
CAN
COULD
…in Reported Speech
we need:
English – 4º ESO B A little bird told me
David Antón Albaladejo IES La Asunción - Elche

11. Let´s see an example:
English – 4º ESO B A little bird told me
David Antón Albaladejo IES La Asunción - Elche

12. GRAMMAR
Reported Speech I: REVIEW
If in “Direct Speech”
there appears
must
had to
…in Reported Speech
we need:
English – 4º ESO B A little bird told me
David Antón Albaladejo IES La Asunción - Elche

13. Let´s see an example:
English – 4º ESO B A little bird told me
David Antón Albaladejo IES La Asunción - Elche