Reported Speech Reported Statements When someone says a sentence, for example "I'm going to the cinema tonight". Later, it probably be told by someone else. Verbs ' like 'say' or 'tell' are used. It is used Said follow by a personal pronoun and (that) It is used Told follow by an object pronoun or noun and (that)   Occasionally, we don't need to change the present tense into the past if the information in direct speech is still true (but this is only for things which are general facts, and even then usually we like to change the tense): Direct speech: I like ice cream Reported speech: She says she likes ice cream or She said she liked ice cream.

Practice online Reported statement http://www.redcamelot.com/camelot/exercises/SEPT26/Grammar/Reported%2 0Speech/Level%201.a.htm http://www.kico4u.de/english/uebungen/reportedspeech/statements.htm http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/tm-reported1.html Reported wh questions and commands http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/questions.htm http://www.e-grammar.org/reported-speech/test2-exercise2/ http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/commands.htm

Reported Questions WH questions The tense changes and the question word is kept. The fact is that, once the question is told to someone else, it isn't a question any more it changes to a normal positive sentence. Direct Question Reported Question Where is the Post Office, please?” She asked me where the Post Office was. What are you doing?” She asked me what I was doing. Who was that fantastic man?” She asked me who that fantastic man had been. Where do you live? She asked me where I lived. Where is Julie?" She asked me where Julie was.

'YES / NO' question Words like 'if' or 'whether' are used 'YES / NO' question Words like  'if' or 'whether' are used. Direct speech: "Do you like chocolate?" Reported speech: No problem? Here are a few more examples: Direct Question Reported Question Do you love me?” He asked me if/whether I loved him. Have you ever been to Mexico?” She asked me if/whether I had ever been to Mexico. Are you living here?” She asked me if/whether I was living here. Do you like chocolate? She asked me if/whether I liked chocolate

Reported Requests There's more! What if someone asks you to do something (in a polite way)? For example: Direct speech: "Close the window, please" Or: "Could you close the window please?" Or: "Would you mind closing the window please?" All of these requests mean the same thing, so we don't need to report every word when we tell another person about it. We simply use 'ask me + to + infinitive': Reported speech: She asked me to close the window.

To report a negative request, use 'not': Direct speech: "Please don't be late." Reported speech: She asked us not to be late. Direct Request Reported Request “Please help me”. She asked me to help her. “Please don't smoke”. She asked me not to smoke. “Could you bring my book tonight?” She asked me to bring her book that night. “Could you pass the milk, please?” She asked me to pass the milk. “Would you mind coming early tomorrow?” She asked me to come early the next day.

He told the child to go to bed. “Don't worry!” Reported Orders And finally, how about if someone doesn't ask so politely? We can call this an 'order' in English, when someone tells you very directly to do something. For example: Direct speech: "Sit down!" In fact, we make this into reported speech in the same way as a request. We just use 'tell' instead of 'ask': Reported speech: She told me to sit down. Direct Order Reported Order “Go to bed!” He told the child to go to bed. “Don't worry!” He told her not to worry. “Be on time!” He told me to be on time. “Don't smoke!” He told us not to smoke.

Time Expressions with Reported Speech time expressions are also changed from direct to reported speech, however it isn't always done, and it depends on when the direct speech is heard and when the reported speech is said. So, there's no easy conversion. It must be thought about when the direct speech was said. now then / at that time today yesterday / that day / Tuesday / the 27th of June yesterday the day before yesterday / the day before / Wednesday / the 5th of December last night the night before, Thursday night last week the week before / the previous week tomorrow today / the next day / the following day / Friday

ACTIVITY COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING REPORTED SPEECH.   1) John: "Mandy is at home." John said that . 2) Max: "Frank often reads a book." Max told me that . 3) Susan: "I'm not watching TV." Susan said to me that . 4) Simon: "David was ill." Simon said that . 5) Peggy: "The girls helped in the house." Peggy told me that .

6) Richard: "I am going to ride a skateboard." Richard said to me that .   7) Stephen and Claire: "We haven’t cleaned the windows." Stephen and Claire told me that . 8) Charles: "I didn't have time to do my homework." Charles said that . 9) Mrs Jones: "My mother will be 50 years old." Mrs Jones told me that . 10) Jean: "The boss must sign the letter." Jean said that .

11) “What were you doing when I saw you?” She asked me 12) “How was the journey?”   13) “How often do you go to the cinema?” 14) “Do you live in London?” 15) “Did he arrive on time?”

16) “Have you been to Paris?” She asked me   17) “Can you help me?” 18)“Are you working tonight?” 19) “Will you come later?” 20) “Do you like coffee?”