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I speak English.

REPORTED SPEECH. I speak English. “I speak English.”. direct speech. He says that he speaks English. reported speech (no backshift). reported speech (backshift). He said that he spoke English. Statements.

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I speak English.

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  1. REPORTED SPEECH I speak English.

  2. “I speak English.” direct speech He says that he speaks English. reported speech(no backshift) reported speech(backshift) He said that he spoke English.

  3. Statements • Ifthesentencestartsin thepresent, thereisno backshift of tenses in Reportedspeech. • Example: Susan: "I workin an office." Susansaysthatsheworks in an office. 2) If the sentence starts in the past, there is often backshift of tenses in Reported speech. Example: Susan: "I work in an office." Susan said that she worked in an office.

  4. When transforming statements, check whether you have to change: Pronouns present tense verbs (3rd person singular) place and time expressions tenses (backshift)

  5. Backshift of tenses The verbs could, should, would, might, must, needn’t, ought to, used to do not normally change. Example: He said, “She might be right.” – He said that she might be right.

  6. Shifting of expressions of time Peter: "I worked in the garden yesterday."Peter said that he had worked in the garden the day before.

  7. Reported questions If you put a question into Reported speech there are some steps which are the same like in statements: changing of the person, backshift of tenses, changing of expressions of time. In Reported speech there is no question anymore, the sentence becomes a statement.That's why the word order is: subject - verb Question without question words (yes/no questions): Peter: "Do you play football?" - Peter asked me whether (if) I played football. Question with question words: Peter: "When do you play football?" - Peter asked me when I played football.

  8. Reported commands The form is mostly: form of to tell +person + to + infinitive.

  9. Requests The basic rule for requests is: introductory clause + ‚to‘ + infinite verb. Example: “Say hello to your mum.“ She asked me to say hello to my mum. Advise expressions with must, should and ought are usually reported using advise / urge. Example: “You must read that book.“ He advised / urged me to read that book. The expression let’s is usually reported using suggest. In this case, there are various possibilities for reported speech: gerund or statement with should. Example: “Let’s go to the cinema.“ He suggested going to the cinema. He suggested that we should go.to the cinema.

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