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2/22/2014
Reported Speech
More exercises:
Statements:
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Questions:
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Reported Speech. Other useful introductory verbs.
“You must do your homework.”
He insisted on my doing my homework.
“I didn’t break the mirror.”
He denied that he had broken a mirror.
“Don’t go near the water!”
He warned me not to go near the water.
“What a beautiful dog!”
He exclaimed that it was a beautiful dog.
“Would you like to go dancing?”
He invited her to go dancing.
“Merry Christmas”
He wished me a merry Christmas.
“Congratulations!”
He congratulated me.
“Don’t forget to call Jane!”
She reminded me to call Jane.
“Welcome!”
He welcomed her.
“Thank you!”
She thanked me.
He insisted on my doing my homework.
“I didn’t break the mirror.”
He denied that he had broken a mirror.
“Don’t go near the water!”
He warned me not to go near the water.
“What a beautiful dog!”
He exclaimed that it was a beautiful dog.
“Would you like to go dancing?”
He invited her to go dancing.
“Merry Christmas”
He wished me a merry Christmas.
“Congratulations!”
He congratulated me.
“Don’t forget to call Jane!”
She reminded me to call Jane.
“Welcome!”
He welcomed her.
“Thank you!”
She thanked me.
Reported Speech. Say and Tell.
Say + (that)......
Say + to sb + (that).......
Tell + sb + (that)......
“I’m coming.”
He said (that) he was coming.
He said to me (that) he was coming.
He told me (that) he was coming.
Reported Speech. Suggestions
When we report suggestions, we use:
Suggest + that + sb should...
Suggest + ing
“Why don’t we go to the cinema?”
“How about going to the cinema?”
“Shall we go to the cinema?”
“Let’s go to the cinema.”
He suggested that we should go to the cinema.
He suggested going to the cinema.
Reported Speech. Requests.
When we report a request, we use:
Ask / beg + sb + (not) to infinitive.
“Open the door, please.”
She asked me to open the door.
“Please, don’t tell her the truth.”
She begged Dave not to tell her the truth.
Reported Speech. Commands
When we report commands, we use:
Tell / order + sb + (not) to infinitve.
“Don’t eat in class”
He told me / ordered me not to eat in class.
Come here!
He told me / ordered me to go there.
Reported Speech. Questions
* Reported questions are introduced with verbs such as; ask, want to know, wonder.
* The verb changes to the affirmative form.
* The question mark (?) is omitted.
* In wh-questions, the question word is repeated in the indirect question.
“Where does she go on Mondays?”
Craig asked me where she went on Mondays.
* When the question begins with an auxiliary verb or a modal verb, the indirect question begisn with if or whether.
“Do you want a book?”
She asked me if / whether I wanted a book.
* The verb changes to the affirmative form.
* The question mark (?) is omitted.
* In wh-questions, the question word is repeated in the indirect question.
“Where does she go on Mondays?”
Craig asked me where she went on Mondays.
* When the question begins with an auxiliary verb or a modal verb, the indirect question begisn with if or whether.
“Do you want a book?”
She asked me if / whether I wanted a book.
Reported Speech. Conditional Sentences
In conditional sentences type 1, we change the tenses.
“If I have time, I will talk to her.”
Sam said (that) if he had time, he would talk to her.
Conditional sentences type2 and 3 remain unchanged.
“If I did my homework, my teacher wouldn’t be angry with me.”
He said that if he did his homework, his teacher wouldn’t be angry with him.
“If I had been more careful, I wouldn’t have made mistakes.”
He said that if he had been more careful, he wouldn’t have made mistakes.
Reported Speech
Tom: “ I’m happy”
He says he is happy.
He said he was happy.
When the introductory verb (say, tell) is in the present, we can report what people say without changing the tense.
When the introductory verb is in the past, the verbs have to be changed into a corresponding past tense.
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