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INDIRECT SPEECH – REPORTING STATEMENTS

INDIRECT SPEECH – REPORTING STATEMENTS. “I am going ” She said she was going . “She has passed her exam” She told me she had passed her exam. “I didn’t go to work yesterday.” Paul said he hadn’t gone to work the day before.

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INDIRECT SPEECH – REPORTING STATEMENTS

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  1. INDIRECT SPEECH – REPORTING STATEMENTS “I am going” She said she was going. “She has passed her exam” She told me she had passed her exam. “I didn’t go to work yesterday.” Paul said he hadn’t gone to work the day before.

  2. We usually use reporting verbs SAY and TELL in the past • SAY doesn’t have an indirect object: She said she was going. • TELL must have an indirect object – TELL SOMEONE: She told me she had passed her exam.

  3. We often change the tense of the original verb: • PRESENT PAST am/is/are was/were take took is taking was taking • PRESENT PAST PERFECT PERFECT have taken had taken • PAST SIMPLE PAST PERFECT took had taken

  4. MODALS will would can could may might must had to

  5. EXPRESSIONS OF TIME AND PLACE here there this that today that day yesterday the previous day/the day before tomorrow the next/following day/the day after next month the following month/the month after last month the previous month/the month before three days ago three days before/earlier

  6. REPORTING QUESTIONS • WORD ORDER OF A STETEMENT: “What do you do in your spare time?” He asked me what I did in my spare time. • WH QUESTIONS KEEP QUESTION WORDS WHEN THEY ARE REPORTED: He asked me what I did in my spare time. He wanted to know where I was going. • YES/NO QUESTIONS ARE REPORTED WITH IF OR WHETHER “Are you willing to travel?” She asked if/whether I was wiling to travel.

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