Reported Speech
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Reported Speech
Why do we need it?
How to use it properly?
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What is reported speech?
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Direct Speech vs Reported Speech
She said: "I'm visiting Paris next weekend" (Direct)
She said that she was visiting Paris the following weekend. (Reported)
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Important!
In reported speech if the reporting verb is in the past form (said, told,…) we have to change the tense (this is called backshift). We often change adverbs of time and place (now, here, today, etc.) because reported speech happens at a later time than the original speech, and perhaps in a different place.
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Present Simple -----> Past Simple
I'm acting strangely because I expect a bribe,' Lustig told Poisson.
Lustig met Poisson again in private and told him he was acting strangely because ____ a bribe.
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Present Continuous ------> Past Continuous
'The Eiffel Tower is becoming too expensive to maintain,' Lustig told the businessmen.
Lustig said the Eiffel Tower ________too expensive to maintain.
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Past Simple -----> Past Perfect
'Lustig tricked me', Poisson told his wife.
Poisson told his wife that ____.
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Present Perfect ------> Past Perfect
'The Government has decided to sell the Eiffel Tower,' Lustig told the men.
Lustig told the men that the Government _____to sell the Eiffel Tower.
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Will ------->Would
'I'll give you a large bribe,' Poisson said to Lustig.
Poisson said to Lustig that _____a large bribe
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Say or Tell
John said (that) he would be late.
John told me (that) he was going to be late.
With 'tell' we NEED the object (e.g. 'me', 'you', 'her').
With 'say' we CAN'T use the object (e.g. 'me', 'them', 'us').
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Common mistakes
John said me that he would be late. (X)
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Rewrite the direct speech as reported
'I'm not feeling well,' my sister __me.
'You've done really well, 'my dad __me.
'It will be great show', the singer __.
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Rewrite the direct speech as reported
'I can't find my purse,' he __to his wife.
'I'm going on holiday next week,' my aunt __me.
'You don't need your books today', our teacher __us.
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