Reported Speech Introduction

Rule of Thumb: Go back one verb tense! Direct Speech Reported Speech Present Continuos Past Simple Present Simple Present Perfect Past Continuos Will Future May Can Must Past Continuos Past Perfect Past Simple Past Perfect Past Perfect Continuos Would Might Could Had to

Complete with reported speech He said, "I like this song."→ He said "Where is your sister?" she asked me. → She asked me "I don't speak Italian," she said. → She said "Say hello to Jim," they said. → They asked me "The film began at seven o'clock," he said. → He said "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said. → She told the boys "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him. → She asked him he liked that song. where my sister was. she didn’t speak italian to say hello to Jim. the film had begun at seven o’clock. not to play on the grass. where he had spent his money.

TELL OR SAY? Tell + object (who we are speaking to) Tell + object (who we are speaking to) Say + clause (we don’t mention the person) Say + clause (we don’t mention the person) Practice!

1) Julie _________that she would join us after work. 2) She _________ me that she was going running this evening. 3) John_________ us that he couldn't come to the party. 4) John_________ that he had been to the cinema at the weekend. 5) She _________ them she wanted to quit. 6) David _________ that he was going to arrive at eight. 7) They _________ that they didn't want to meet us on Tuesday. said told

Practice with Modals! If you had the chance, what __________ you change? To really get any benefit, you __________ to do it properly. _________ I have more cheese on my sandwich? You _________ eat more vegetables. _________ I have a coffee please? You _________ smoke near children. The passengers _________wear their seatbelts at all times. We _________ go to the concert if the rain stops. We don't know for sure. I _________ ice skate very well. The boys _________wake up earlier than 7:30 am. They have class at 8:00 am. would need May should Can/could shouldn’t must might can have to