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    REPORTED SPEECH

    DC3 UNIT 8
    LET’S BEGIN WITH AN EXAMPLE, SHALL
    WE?
    1 In direct speech what tense is the
    verb in?
    2 How has the pronoun I changed in
    reported speech?
    3 Look at the reported speech. What
    tense are the verbs in? Which of the
    verbs in bold is the reporting verb?

    4 In direct speech what tense is the


    verb in?
    5 What tense is the reporting verb in?
    6 How has go changed in reported
    speech?
    7 How has I changed in reported
    speech?
    SO, WHAT IS REPORTED SPEECH?

    • Reported speech is the action of communicating what


    someone else said in the past.
    • Reported speech can be up-to-date or out-of-date:
    • Up-to-date means the information is communicated right after the
    speech; for example, you could be repeating the information to
    someone because they could not listen.
    • Out-of-date is used when the information is transmited at a later
    time.
    UP-TO-DATE REPORTED SPEECH

    This another example; in


    The boy was not listening to the phone call, so his both you can see the tense
    mother is telling him what Granma said just a moment does not change in
    ago. This is an example of Up-to-date reported speech. reported speech.
    OUT-OF-DATE REPORTED SPEECH
    The following day

    This another example; in


    The blond woman talked to the redhaired woman both you can see the tense
    some time in the past; now she is passing the does change in reported
    information on to Peter. speech.
    SOME EXAMPLES OF UP-TO-DATE REPORTED
    SPEECH
    • Mom said “I am going home late”. • Mom says (that) she is
    coming/going home late.

    • Fred said to her “I love you”. • Fred says (that) he loves her.

    • Alice said “I’m asking John out”. • Alice says (that) she is asking John
    out.
    SOME EXAMPLES OF OUT-OF-DATE
    REPORTED SPEECH

    • Mom said “I am going home late”. • Mom said (that) she was
    coming/going home late.

    • Fred told her (that) he loved her.


    • Fred told her “I love you”.
    • Fred said (that) he loved her.

    • Alice said “I’m asking John out”. • Alice said (that) she was asking John
    out.
    HOW DO THE TENSES CHANGE IN OUT-OF-
    DATE REPORTED SPEECH?
    Direct Speech Reported Speech
    1 “She is late,” he said. He said (that) she was late.
    2 “Tina’s coming,”
    2 “Tina’s coming,” he he said.
    said. He
    He said
    said (that)
    (that) Tina was
    Tina was coming.
    coming.
    3 “Mr.
    3 “Mr. Johnson has
    Johnson has gone home,”
    gone home,” she
    she She
    She said
    said (that)
    (that) Mr.
    Mr. Johnson had
    Johnson had
    said.
    said. gone home.
    gone home.
    4 “She traveled around
    4 “She traveled around Europe
    Europe last
    last Tony
    Tony said
    said (that)
    (that) she had
    she had
    year,” Tony said.
    year,” Tony said. traveled around
    traveled around Europe
    Europe last
    last year.
    year.
    5 “I’ll go to the Sports Center,” she She said (that) she would go to the
    5 “I’ll go to
    said. the Sports Center,” she She said
    Sports (that) she would go to the
    Center.
    said. Sports Center.
    WHEN DO WE USE TOLD AND WHEN DO WE
    USE SAID?
    • Told is always used with an indirect object, for example:
    • Fred told her (that) he loved her.
    • Andrew told his boss he was feeling sick.

    • Said can be use with a direct object or with to + indirect


    object, for example:
    • Alice said (that) she was asking John out.
    • Elizabeth said to her teacher she had a family issue.
    TENSE CHANGE FROM DIRECT SPEECH TO
    REPORTED SPEECH
    Simple present Simple past
    Present continuous Past progressive
    Simple past Past perfect
    Present perfect Past perfect
    Past perfect Past perfect
    Present perfect continuous Past perfect progressive
    Past continuous Past perfect progressive
    Future Present conditional (would + bare inf)
    Future continuous Conditional progressive (would + be + ing)
    LET’S PRACTICE!
    1. "I always drink coffee", she said 1. She said that she always drank coffee.
    2. "I am reading a book", he explained. 2. He explained that he was reading a book

    3. "Bill arrived on Saturday", he said. 3. He said that Bill had arrived on Saturday.

    4. "I have been to Spain", he told me. 4. He told me that he had been to Spain.

    5. "I had just turned out the light," he 5. He explained that he had just turned out the
    explained. light.

    6. They said, "We have been waiting for 6. They said that they had been waiting for hours.
    hours". 7. They told me that they had been living in
    Paris.
    7. "We were living in Paris", they told me.
    8. "I will be in Geneva on Monday", he 8. He said that he would be in Geneva on
    Monday.
    said.
    9. She said that she would be using the car next
    9. She said, "I'll be using the car next
    Friday.
    Friday".

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