1. REPORTED SPEECH Statements Request and Orders Questions
3º ESO
Unit 9
REPORTED SPEECH
Statements
Request and Orders
Questions

2. VOCABULARY: Honesty and morals
Break a/your promise
Make a mistake
Break the law
Make a excuse
Do something wrong
Make something up
Feel guilty about something
Pretend to be/do something
Hurt someone’s feelings
Tell a lie
Keep a / your promise
Tell the truth
Keep quiet about something

3. Page 75 student’s book
After reading the text you are going to choose three situations you agree o don’t agree with and you are going to translate them into Spanish in your notebook

4. VOCABULARY: Reporting Verbs
Admit
Insist
Refuse
Agree
Invite
Remind
Ask
Offer
Say
Complain
Order
Tell
Convince
Persuade
Explain
Promise

5. Reported Speech
When you talk with someone there are 2 ways of doing it DIRECTLY “I have lost my umbrella” INDIRECTLY
She said (that) she had lost her umbrella

6. Reported Speech
DIRECTLY “I have lost my umbrella” INDIRECTLY She said (that) she had lost her umbrella The first one is placed between inverted commas and can be found in conversations in books, plays or quotations.

7. Reported Speech
DIRECTLY “I have lost my umbrella” INDIRECTLY She said (that) she had lost her umbrella In the second one we explain what the speaker has said, not repeating his / her exact words. (THAT) can be ommited and we use some verbs as SAY, TELL, EXPLAIN…to introduce our sentence

8. She said, “My birthday party is tonight”
She said that her birthday party was that night
Appart from verbs, 1st and 2nd pronouns and possessive adjectives normally change
I ( HE / SHE )
“ I live in Paris” - She said that she lived in Paris
ME ( HIM/ HER)
“ He loves me” - She said that he loved her
MY( HIS/ HER)
“ I like my bike” - He said that he liked his bike
MINE( HIS/ HER)
“ It is mine” - She said that is was his
WE ( THEY …)
“ We live in Paris” - They said that they lived in Paris

9. TOMORROW ( THE PREVIOUS DAY) YESTERDAY ( THE PREVIOUS DAY)
She said, “My birthday party is tonight”
She said that her birthday party was that night
Apart from verbs, 1st and 2nd pronouns and possessive adjectives, expression times usually change
Because you are not going to repeat the conversation in that moment,
maybe you will repeat it two days later
“ I am leaving TODAY” - She said that she was living THAT DAY
TODAY (THAT DAY )
WHY?
TOMORROW ( THE PREVIOUS DAY)
“I am leaving TOMORROW” - She said that she was living THE PREVIOUS DAY
YESTERDAY ( THE PREVIOUS DAY)
“she left YESTERDAY” - She said that she had left THE NEXT DAY
NOW( THEN)
“ I’m leaving NOW” - She said that she was leaving THEN
THIS ( THAT…)
“ I love THIS book” - They said that she loved THAT book

10. You will use this structure in
ORDERS / REQUEST
“Shut up!!!!”
STATEMENTS
“If you are not quiet you will be expelled”
QUESTIONS
“Did you do your homework?”
“What are you doing with these scissors?”

11. The three of them have their own rules
ORDERS / REQUEST
“Shut up!!!!”
He ordered us TO shut up
STATEMENTS
“If you are not quiet you will be expelled”
She told us THAT if we weren’t quiet we would be expelled
QUESTIONS
“Did you do your homework?”
She asked us IF I had done my homework
“What are you doing with these scissors?”
She wanted to know WHAT I was doing with those scissors

12. REQUESTS AND ORDERS
When you make and ORDER it can be either AFFIRMATIVE or NEGATIVE
“ Open the door! “
“ Close the window”
“ Don’t talk “
“ Don’t smoke “
“ Read more! “
“ Don’t drink alcohol! “

13. When you make a REQUEST you usually use the word PLEASE and sometime the verb CAN
“ Please don’t tell lies “
“ Please sit down “, the doctor said ( to me)
“ Please don’t smoke here”
“CAN I open the window, please?”
“ CAN you help me? “

14. REQUESTS AND ORDERS
When you repeat these orders in an indirect way you usually use verbs as TOLD / ASK / SAY and this structure
“ Open the door! “
She told us TO open the door
“ Close the window”
He asked TO close the window
“ Don’t talk “
The teacher ordered NOT TO talk
“ Don’t smoke here“
The owner said to us NOT TO smoke there
“ Read more! “
They told us TO read more

15. When you make a REQUEST you usually use the word PLEASE and sometime the verb CAN
“ Please don’t tell lies “
My father asked me NOT TO tell lies
“ Please sit down “, the doctor said ( to me)
The doctor asked TO sit down
“Please don’t smoke here”
The lady asked us NOT TO smoke there
“CAN I open the window, please?”
The student asked TO OPEN the window
“ CAN you help me? “
My friend Susan asked me TO HELP her

16. EXAMPLES
Your teacher has given you these orders. Rewrite them in reported speech.
1. You must do your homework every day!
2. Could you please bring your textbooks to school every day?
3. You mustn´t eat in class!
4. Please, don´t be late for school.
5. Can you give this letter to your parents, please?
6. You must be quiet in class!.
7. Don´t run in the corridors!
8. Study for the exam next week!

17. 1. You must do your homework every day!
He/she told me to do my homework every day.
2. Could you please bring your textbooks to school every day?
……………….. to bring my textbooks to school every day.
3. You mustn´t eat in class!
……………….. not to eat in class.
4. Please, don´t be late for school.
……………….. not to be late for school.
5. Can you give this letter to your parents, please?
……………….. to give that letter to my parents.
6. You must be quiet in class!.
……………….. to be quiet in class.
7. Don´t run in the corridors!
……………….. not to run in the corridors.
8. Study for the exam next week!
……………….. to study for the exam the following week.

18. STATEMENTS
When you repeat statements in an indirect way you usually introduce your sentence with verbs such as TOLD / SAY and the word THAT (although it is optional)
There are some rules you must understand
You don’t usually repeat the situation in that moment, you will repeat it in the future, so you will talk about the past.

19. WHAT DID RACHEL TELL YOU LAST WEEK ?
We are going to make a game. Last week I gave you some papers with some information about me Now, you are going to tell everybody what did I tell you But be careful, you received the paper last week so you can’t not use present or future tenses Let’s play …
WHAT DID RACHEL TELL YOU LAST WEEK ?

20. Whatever you tell someone in a direct way using the present tense is going to be told in the past
These are all present tenses (simple, perfect or continuous but present tenses)

21. Just think about the first tense you find….
I LIVE in Paris
She IS working hard today
They HAVE bought a new house
I DON’T like this film
We ARE not studying French now
If they are in the present, change them into the past tense ( SHE SAID that …)
she LIVED in Paris
She WAS working hard that day
They HAD bought a new house
She DIN’T LIKE that film
They WERE not studying French then
DON’T FORGET YOU MUST CHANGE SOME PRONOUNS AND SOME TIME EXPRESSIONS

22. Whatever you tell someone in a direct way using the past tense is going to be told in the past participle form ( had + participle)
These are all past tenses (simple, perfect or continuous but past tenses)

23. Just think about the first tense you find….
PAST PERFECT TENSES DON’T CHANGE
Just think about the first tense you find….
I LIVED in Paris last year
She WAS working hard yesterday
You HAD lost your keys when I saw you
I DIDN’T like that film
If they are in the past , change them into the past perfect tense ( SHE SAID that …)
she HAD LIVED in Paris
She HAD BEEN working hard the previous day
I HAD lost my keys when she HAD SEEN me
She HADN’T LIKED that film
DON’T FORGET YOU MUST CHANGE SOME PRONOUNS AND SOME TIME EXPRESSIONS

24. Whatever you tell someone in a direct way using the modals is going to change too

25. SUMMING UP …

26. EXAMPLES
Rewrite these statements in reported speech starting as shown.
1. “We liked Paris very much”. The American couple said …
2. “Can you do me a favour tonight?”. Jim asked me ….
3. “I can´t go to your birthday party next Saturday”. Sylvia told us…
4. “It will probably snow later today”. The weather forecast said that …
5. “My husband hasn´t booked the hotel yet”. Mrs Taylor said that…

27. Rewrite these statements in reported speech starting as shown.
1. “We liked Paris very much”. The American couple said …
The American couple said that they had liked Paris very much
2. “Can you do me a favour tonight?”. Jim asked me ….
Jim asked me if I could do him a favour that night.
Jim asked me to do him a favour that night
3. “I can´t go to your birthday party next Saturday”. Sylvia told us…
Sylvia told us that she couldn´t go/come to our birthday party the next/following Saturday.
4. “It will probably snow later today”. The weather forecast said that …
The weather forecast said that it would probably snow later that day.
5. “My husband hasn´t booked the hotel yet”. Mrs Taylor said that…
Mrs Taylor said that her husband hadn´t booked the hotel yet.

28. QUESTIONS
When you repeat questions in an indirect way they get into affirmative sentences and they are usually introduced by your sentence with verbs such as ASK/ SAY
In english there are two kind of questions
Yes / no questions
“Do you like football?”
Yes , I do / No, I don’t
WH questions
“Where is your sister today?”
I don’t know she told me she was with Mary

29. YES / NO QUESTIONS They are reported by using IF or WHETHER
And they are told in the affirmative way
“Have you finished?”
She asked me IF I had finished
“Did you watch the match yesterday?”
She asked me IF I had watched the math the previous day
“Are you sleeping enough?”
She asked me IF I was sleeping enough
“Does Paul want to help me painting?”
She asked me IF Paul wanted to help her
“Will you marry me?”
He asked me IF I would marry him

30. WH - QUESTIONS They are reported by using the WH word
And they are told in the affirmative way
“When have you finished?”
She asked me WHEN I had finished
“WHAT did you watch yesterday?”
She asked me WHAT I had watched the previous day
“HOW are you sleeping?”
She asked me HOW I was sleeping
“WHY does Paul want to help you painting?”
She asked me WHY Paul wanted to help me
“WHO will you marry with?”
He asked me WHO I would marry with

31. "Have you been to Bristol before?“
Where does Peter live?"
She asked him where Peter lived
Where are you going?"
She asked where I was going“
Why is she crying?"
He asked why she was crying
"Do you speak English?“
He asked me if I spoke English.
"Have you been to Bristol before?“
She asked if I had been to Bristol before
Peter said to John, "Why are you so late?“
Peter asked the John why he was so late.

32. ACTIVITIES GRAMMAR LINK TO REINFORCE THE THEORY

33. Indirect questions Can / Could you tell me…… I’d like to know…
This is how Indirect questions are introduced.
They are used for being more polite or formal
for example
That’s is amazing! How did you do that!
Can / could you tell me/ us how you did that
I’d like to know how you did that