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REPORTED SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH. DIRECT VS. INDIRECT SPEECH. * DIRECT SPEECH: The exact words that someone said. (We use quotations marks or speech bubbles) * INDIRECT/REPORTED SPEECH: The exact meaning of what someone said but not the exact words. Example. DIRECT SPEECH: Exact words

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REPORTED SPEECH

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  1. REPORTED SPEECH

  2. DIRECT VS. INDIRECT SPEECH * DIRECT SPEECH: The exact words that someone said. (We use quotations marks or speech bubbles) * INDIRECT/REPORTED SPEECH: The exact meaning of what someone said but not the exact words. TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  3. Example DIRECT SPEECH: Exact words  Mum said to Ben: ‘Don’t worry, Ben. The dentist will be painless’ REPORTED SPEECH: Exact meaning  Mum told Ben not to worry. She said that the destist would be painless. TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  4. 1) REPORTED STATEMENTS • When we tell people what somebody said or thought, we often use reported speech. • REPORTING VERBS: SAY and TELL. - TELL  Followed by a personal object. (She told me…) - SAY  With or without a personal object. When used with a personal object, it is followed by ‘to’ (She said to me…) TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  5. WHEN WE USE REPORTED SPEECH WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO: • PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES • TIME WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS • PLACE REFERENCES • DEMONSTRATIVES • VERB TENSES - (When the reporting verb is in the past) - (No changes when we express a general truth) TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  6. REPORTED STATEMENTS TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  7. REPORTED STATEMENTS TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  8. * Report what the Jones family said when they came home from their holiday. TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  9. 2) REPORTED QUESTIONS Examples: • DIRECT SPEECH: 1. She asked: ‘Where does my sister go?’ 2. He asked: ‘Is it raining?’ • REPORTED SPEECH: 1. She asked where her sister went. 2. He asked if/whether it was raining. TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  10. REPORTED QUESTIONS • We use affirmative word order (No inversion, no auxiliary verbs) • The question mark is omitted. • Reporting verbs: ASK, WONDER, ENQUIRE, WANT TO KNOW… • WH-QUESTIONS We use question word • YES/NO QUESTIONS We use if/whether TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  11. REPORTED QUESTIONS TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  12. REPORTED QUESTIONS TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  13. * Report the tourists’ questions to the tour guide. TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  14. REPORTED COMMANDS/ORDERS • He said: ‘Close the door, please’ • He asked me to close the door. • The teacher said: ‘Don’t open the books’ • The teacher told the students not to open the books. REPORTING VERBS: TELL, ORDER, ASK TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  15. REPORTED COMMANDS/ORDERS TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  16. REPORTED COMMANDS/ORDERS TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  17. REPORTED SUGGESTIONS • He said: ‘Why don’t we go to the cinema?’ • He suggested going to the cinema. • He suggested that they went to the cinema. • He said to his friend: ‘Let’s play tennis!’ • He suggested playing tennis. • He suggested that they played tennis. REPORTING VERB: SUGGEST TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

  18. OTHER REPORTING VERBS • FOLLOWED BY TO-INFINITIVE • agree, offer, promise, refuse, threaten, decide… • FOLLOWED BY OBJECT + TO-INFINITIVE • ask, advise, encourage, invite, order, persuade, recommend, remind, tell, warn… • FOLLOWED BY GERUND (-ING) • Apologize for, deny, recommend, suggest TEACHER: MARTA BENÍTEZ

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