Answer the questions
1. Can Stock eat the
Foxs soup?
2. What would you
talk to Fox if you
were Stork
?
A. I love you, Fox. You are so nice
B. I am not hungry, Fox. I am going home
now
Reported Speech
Stock said, I am not hungry now.
Stock said that he was not hungry then.
What are the changes?
1. No speech markers (, ) in the Indirect
Speech.
2. We added that (optional)
3. Pronoun change (I He)
4. Tense change ( am was)
5. Time change (now then)
FORM:
S1 + said (that) + S2 + V .
S1 + told + O (that) + S2 + V .
USAGE:
- Reported Speech is used to tell what
someone said
Pronoun change
The doctor said, You are getting better.
she
The doctor said that
was getting
better.
You are
getting
better!
Jane said, They are my friends.
they
her
Jane said . were .friends.
They are my
friends
Tense Change
She said: "That man is trying to get away!"
was trying get away.
She said the man__________to
Time change
They said: "We are getting married this
afternoon!"
They said they were getting
that
married _____afternoon.
Exercise 1: Complete the sentences
1. I can do this for you.
He said he could do that for me.
2. You can come and stay at my place tonight.
Sophia saidI could come and stay with her that
night.
3. I wont go
with you.
He told herhe
wouldn't go with
her.
4. I'm not enjoying
my job very much.
She saidshe wasnt enjoying her job very
5. Thesemuch.
are the shoes I will buy tomorrow.
Mary saidthose
were the shoes she would buy the
day
6. I don'tnext
know
what Frank is doing.
Ben saidhe
didnt know what Frank was doing.
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
GROUP 1 GROUP 2
Choose the best answer
Ill tell you about this tomorrow, Mary. said Tom.
A. Tom said to Mary that he will tell her about
that the next day.
B. Tom told Mary that I would tell you about that
the next day.
C.
C Tom told Mary that he would tell her about
that the next day.
D. Tom told Mary that she would tell him about
that the next day.
Change into reported speech
3. There isnt any milk in this bottle, Lan said.
Lan said that there wasnt any milk in that bottle.
Change into reported speech
5. Im doing my homework now, Nam
said.
Nam said that he was doing his homework then.
didnt meet Susan last week
A. He said he didnt meet Susan the week before.
B. He said he hasnt met Susan last week.
C.
D He said he hadnt met Susan last week.
D. He said he hadnt met Susan the week before.
Choose the best answer
She asked me if he wants to buy any second-hand books.
A
B
C
D
B.
Choose the best answer
Peter said that he had lived in London four years ____.
A. now
B. ago
C. before D. later
PRACTICE SPEAKING
Im cleaning my room now.
He said ________________
My grandpa has been skiing for
two hours.
Nick said_______________
Ive just cooked the soup.
She said _______________
I love you, granny.
Mary said________________
My grandma was knitting at that
time.
We watch a very interesting film
yesterday.
Jane said to me _____________
They said to him_____________
I had washed up by 4 oclock.
At that time Kate had been
picking apples for an hour.
Mum said to us__________
We said to them___________
REP. VERBS:
SAY, TELL,
THINK
1. PRONOUN
CHANGES
2. TENSE
CHANGES
STATEMENTS
S+VREP+(THAT)
+S+V+CCS
3. TIME/PLACE
COMPLEMENT
CHANGES
Mind map of
Reported
Speech
