1. REPORTED SPEECH

2. DIRECT VS. INDIRECT SPEECH
* DIRECT SPEECH: The exact words that someone said. (We use quotations marks or speech bubbles)
* INDIRECT/REPORTED SPEECH: The exact meaning of what someone said but not the exact words.
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

3. Example DIRECT SPEECH: Exact words
 Mum said to Ben: ‘Don’t worry, Ben. The dentist will be painless’
REPORTED SPEECH: Exact meaning
 Mum told Ben not to worry. She said that the destist would be painless.
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

4. 1) REPORTED STATEMENTS
When we tell people what somebody said or thought, we often use reported speech.
REPORTING VERBS: SAY and TELL.
- TELL  Followed by a personal object. (She told me…)
- SAY  With or without a personal object. When used with a personal object, it is followed by ‘to’ (She said to me…)
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

5. WHEN WE USE REPORTED SPEECH WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO:
PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
TIME WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS
PLACE REFERENCES
DEMONSTRATIVES
VERB TENSES
- (When the reporting verb is in the past)
- (No changes when we express a general truth)
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

6. ? REPORTED STATEMENTS Direct speech Reported speech
She said: ‘I can’t drive’
He said: ‘I have worked hard’
Mum said: ‘I will never work’
Peter said to Mary: ‘I love you’
She told me: ‘I am tired’
My father told me: ‘It’s raining’
Kate told Ana: ‘I like your skirt’
He told the teacher: ‘I feel sick’ ?
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

7. REPORTED STATEMENTS Direct speech Reported speech
She said: ‘I can’t drive’
He said: ‘I have worked hard’
Mum said: ‘I will never work’
Peter said to Mary: ‘I love you’
She told me: ‘I am tired’
My father told me: ‘It’s raining’
Kate told Ana: ‘I like your skirt’
He told the teacher: ‘I feel sick’
She said (that) she couldn’t drive.
He said (that) he had worked hard.
Mum said (that) she would never work.
Peter said to Mary (that) he loved her.
She told me (that) she was tired.
My father told me (that) it was raining.
Kate told Ana (that) she liked her skirt.
He told the teacher (that) he felt sick.
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

8. * Report what the Jones family said when they came home from their holiday.
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

9. 2) REPORTED QUESTIONS Examples: DIRECT SPEECH:
1. She asked: ‘Where does my sister go?’
2. He asked: ‘Is it raining?’
REPORTED SPEECH:
1. She asked where her sister went.
2. He asked if/whether it was raining.
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

10. REPORTED QUESTIONS We use affirmative word order
(No inversion, no auxiliary verbs)
The question mark is omitted.
Reporting verbs:
ASK, WONDER, ENQUIRE,
WANT TO KNOW…
WH-QUESTIONS  We use question word
YES/NO QUESTIONS  We use if/whether
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

11. ? REPORTED QUESTIONS Direct speech Reported speech
He asked me: ‘How old are you?’
She asked: ‘Where is he?’
Peter asked: ‘What is this?’
She asked: ‘What time do the shops open?
He asked her: ‘Did you find the key?’
She asked: ‘Is there a park here?’
Dad asked my brother: ‘Have you finished your homework?’
The teacher asked the students: ‘Are you happy with this exam?’ ?
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

12. REPORTED QUESTIONS Direct speech Reported speech
He asked me: ‘How old are you?’
She asked: ‘Where is he?’
Peter asked: ‘What is this?’
She asked: ‘What time do the shops open?
He asked her: ‘Did you find the key?’
She asked: ‘Is there a park here?’
Dad asked my brother: ‘Have you finished your homework?’
The teacher asked the students: ‘Are you happy with this exam?’
He asked me how old I was
She wanted to know where he was
Peter asked what that was
She asked what time the shops opened.
He asked her if she had found the key
She asked if there was a park there
Dad asked my brother whether he had finished his homework
The teacher asked the students if they were happy with that exam
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

13. * Report the tourists’ questions to the tour guide.
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

14. REPORTED COMMANDS/ORDERS
He said: ‘Close the door, please’
He asked me to close the door.
The teacher said: ‘Don’t open the books’
The teacher told the students not to open the books.
REPORTING VERBS: TELL, ORDER, ASK
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

15. REPORTED COMMANDS/ORDERS
Direct speech
Reported speech
He said to me: ‘Go to your room, please’
She said: ‘Don’t ask me this now’
Peter said to me: ‘Give me the money’
Mary said to her sister: ‘Don’t touch my clothes’
He said: ‘Take my bag to the station’
The secretary told me: ‘Write your name here’
The teacher ordered: ‘Don’t move these tables’.
He said: ‘Could you please open this door?’ ?
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

16. REPORTED COMMANDS/ORDERS
Direct speech
Reported speech
He said to me: ‘Go to your room, please’
She said: ‘Don’t ask me this now’
Peter said: ‘Give me the money’
Mary said to her sister: ‘Don’t touch my clothes’
He said: ‘Take my bag to the station’
The secretary told me: ‘Write your name here’
The teacher ordered: ‘Don’t move these tables’.
He said to me: ‘Could you please open this door?’
He told me to go to my room.
She ordered not to ask her that then.
Peter ordered to give him the money.
Mary told her sister not to touch her clothes.
He ordered to take his bag to the station
The secretary told me to write my name there.
The teacher ordered not to move those tables.
He asked me to open that door.
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

17. REPORTING VERB: SUGGEST
REPORTED SUGGESTIONS
He said: ‘Why don’t we go to the cinema?’
He suggested going to the cinema.
He suggested that they went to the cinema.
He said to his friend: ‘Let’s play tennis!’
He suggested playing tennis.
He suggested that they played tennis.
REPORTING VERB: SUGGEST
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA

18. OTHER REPORTING VERBS FOLLOWED BY TO-INFINITIVE
agree, offer, promise, refuse, threaten, decide…
FOLLOWED BY OBJECT + TO-INFINITIVE
ask, advise, encourage, invite, order, persuade, recommend, remind, tell, warn…
FOLLOWED BY GERUND (-ING)
Apologize for, deny, recommend, suggest
TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ
IES NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CABEZA