REPORTED SPEECH: REPORTED STATEMENTS

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REPORTED SPEECHREPORTED STATEMENTS
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REPORTED SPEECH

• We use REPORTED SPEECH to report what another
  person has said, without quoting their exact
  words.
• In formal language, we use THAT to begin the
  clause that contains the reported speech.
• Remember that we dont use inverted commas.
• DIRECT SPEECH I have eaten healthy food, Ann
  said.
• REPORTED SPEECH She said she had eaten healthy
  food.

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REPORTED STATEMENTS TENSE CHANGES

• When we convert direct speech into reported
  speech, we change the tense of the main verb by
  putting it one step further into the past.

DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Present Simple Past Simple
Past Simple Past Perfect Simple
Future Simple will would
Present Continuous Past Continuous
Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect Simple Past Perfect Simple
Present Perfect Continous Past Perfect Continuous
Past Perfect Simple Past Perfect Simple
Past Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Cotinuous
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REPORTED STATEMENTS TENSE CHANGES MODAL VERBS

• Most modal verbs do not change SHOULD, COULD,
  WOULD, MIGHT, OUGHT TO
• But there a few that change

DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
can could
may might
must / have to must / have to
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REPORTED STATEMENTS OTHER CHANGES

• Pronouns usually change.
• Im hungry, Peter said.
• Peter said he was hungry.

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REPORTED STATEMENTS OTHER CHANGES

• Expressions of time and place usually change

DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
here there
this / these that / those
now then
next week the following week / the week after
today that day
tonight that night
tomorrow the following day / the day after / the next day
yesterday the day before / the previous day
last week the week before / the previous week
a month ago the previous month / the month before
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REPORTED STATEMENTS REPORTING VERBS

• SAY ( THAT) REPORTED SPEECH
• TELL INDIRECT OBJECT ( THAT) REPORTED SPEECH
• Peter said (that) he was hungry.
• Peter told me (that) he was hungry.
• ? The meaning is the same!