Reported speech expressions

1. Unidad 1

2. LOOK THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLE…

3. RULES OF THE REPORTED SPEECH
Direct speech
- Exact words with quotation marks
He said ´you play the guitar´
Indirect speech
- Add THAT
- Change the present verb to the past verb
- Don´t use quotation marks
He said that you played the guitar

4. Tense transformation.
- PRESENT SIMPLE ------------------ PAST SIMPLE
* She said ¨He works with computers¨
* She said that he worked with computers
- PRESENT CONTINUOUS -------- PAST CONTINUOUS
* She told me ¨ Emily is waiting the bus¨
* She told me that Emily was waiting the bus.
- PAST SIMPLE ----------- PAST PERFECT
* She said ¨English was easy¨
* She said that English had been easy

5. Change of expressions
 From direct to indirect speech.

6. Look the example
Tuesday.
- The teacher said ¨I gave the work yesterday¨
The student report on Friday.
- The teacher said that He had given the work
yesterday.
- The teacher said that He had given the work THE
DAY BEFORE

7. Other example.
- She said ¨ you give me the report today¨
INDIRECT SPEECH
- She said that I gave her the report today.
- She said that I gave her the report THAT DAY

8. More expressions to use…

9. Look the example
MONDAY
- You told me ¨I pay the dinner tonight¨
FRIDAY.
- You told me that you paid the dinner tonight.
- You told me that you paid the dinner that night.

10. Look the example
IN THE LBRARY
- Rob said ¨you are reading a book here ¨
IN THE PARK.
- Rob said that you were reading a book here.
- Rob said that you were reading a book
there.

11. IDENTIFY IF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES ARE DIRECT OR
INDIRECT SPEECH AND RECOGNIZE THE TENSE.
 You said ¨they drove 5 km here¨ (direct – past)
 Emma said that we were studying that night.
 Mark told me that he player poker the day before.
 She said ¨I am playing football here¨
 He told me that people had gone of the country the year
before.
 The teacher said ¨you have a test tomorrow¨

12. Transform the sentence from direct
to indirect speech.
 Lisa said ¨this system is wrong¨
 You told me ¨I am acting tonigh¨
 The teacher said ¨you studied here last night¨
 She told us ¨I read this book tomorrow¨

13. You made it!!!!!!