The Reported Speech

THE REPORTED
SPEECH
Teacher : Mr. Khanh
Student : Pham Phuong Uyen - Class : 2B
Level : Pre-Intermediate
Duration : 15 mins
E.g 1 :
Peter : “ I have a lot of money. ”
 Direct speech
Mary : Peter said (that) he had a lot of money
 Indirect Speech or Reported Speech
E.g 2:
Asley : “ I am beautiful .”
 Direct speech (?)
Paul : Asley says(that) she is beautiful.
Indirect Speech (?)or Reported Speech (?)
1. STATEMENT
Mary : “I love diamond .”
What did Mary say ?
Direct Speech
Mary said “ I love diamond. ”
Use exact words of speaker
DO NOT use exact words of
speaker
Reported Speech :
Mary : “ My father is a farmer.”
Mary said (that) her father was a farmer.


S1 + V1 + (that ) + S2 + V2

Structure of Reported Speech
Note !
S1 + V1 + (that ) + S2 + V2
V1
: usually use the Verb : Say , Tell
Say + that…
Tell + O + that …

E.g :
a) Mary said that her father was a farmer .
b) Mary told me that her father was a farmer
Present Tense
Tense in V2
KEEP
Adverbs of Time and Place
E.g: Mary : “I see a dog.”
 (R.S) : Mary says that she sees a dog.
V1 : Present V2 : keep Tense
Mary : “I saw teacher yesterday.”

(R.S) : Mary says that she saw teacher yesterday.
V1 : Present V2 : keep Tense Keep : Adverb
V1
S1 + V1 + (that ) + S2 + V2
Past Tense
Tenses
CHANGE Pro.Noun / Noun
Adverbs of Time and Place

: : go back a tense

e.g : Mary : “ I am a teacher now. ”

(R.S) : Mary said she was a teacher then.
V1 : Past V2 : Past Change Adverb
V1
S1 + V1 + (that ) + S2 + V2
V2
Changes in Reported Speech
1. TENSES : go back a tense
•
Present  Past
•
Past  Past Perfect
2. MODALS
•
Will  Would
•
May  Might
•
Must  Had to
•
Shall  Would
•
Can  Could
No change to the following modals
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Could Should
•
Would Might
4. Time and Place:

•
Now  Then
•
This  That
•
Today  That day / yesterday
•
Tonight  That night
•
Yet  Already
•
Already  Before
•
Tomorrow  The day after
The following day
The next day
•
Yesterday  The day before
The previous day
The preceding day
The last day
Practice
1. Mary : “ I will go to Japan tomorrow.” ( say )
Mary said that she would go to Japan the day
after.
2. Tony : “ I buy a car yesterday .” (tell)
Tony told me that he bought a car the day before.
3. Paul : “ I have bought a book yet.” (say)
 Paul said that he had bought a book already.
4. Sara : “ You can go to school today.” (tell)

 Sara told me that I could go to school that day.