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Reported Speech (2)
Dragana Filipović
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Commands…
• When we report requests, orders or commands, or other kinds of persuasion, we often use the pattern:
ask / tell somebody to do something
IMPERATIVE to + INFINITIVE
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Commands…
“Wake me up early, Dad!” Michael said.becomes:
Michael told his dad to wake him up early.
“Please let me watch the match, Mum,” Anne said.
becomes:Anne begged her mum to let her watch the
match.
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Commands…
• Here are common verbs which use this pattern (ask / tell somebody to do something):
advise – ask – beg – command – forbid –
instruct – invite – order – persuade – remind
- teach – tell – urge - warn
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Negative orders, requests etc.
NOT goes before to + infinitive“Please, don’t do it,” she said to him.
becomes:
She begged him not to do it.
“Don’t tell lies,” he said.
becomes:
He taught us not to tell lies.
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Reporting offers, refusals, etc.
• We often use a verb which describes the speaker’s intention.
• (Offer) “Can I help you?” She offered to help me.
• (Refusal) “I won’t do it.” He refused to do it.
• Verbs in this group: agree – promise – swear – threaten
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Suggestions
When we report suggestions, we can use suggest + noun clause with or without that.
“Why not postpone the meeting?” He suggested (that) we postpone the
meeting. He suggested (that) we should
postpone the meeting.
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Complete the sentences in reported speech
Example:
• “Let me help you.”
• My friend offered ________.
• My friend offered to help me.
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• “Why don’t we go for a walk?”
• She suggested ___________
• She suggested (that) we (should) go for a walk.
• “I wasn’t anywhere near the scene of the crime.”
• The accused claimed _________
• The accused claimed (that) he hadn’t been anywhere near the scene of the crime.
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• “This spot is the best place for a picnic.”
• My father said ______________
• My father said (that) that spot was the best place for a picnic.
• “Can you answer the phone? I’m having a shower.”
• He asked his son ______________
• He asked his son if he could answer (OR: to answer) the phone because he was having a shower.
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• “I gave you my homework last week.”
• The boy insisted _____________
• The boy insisted (that) he had given me his homework the week before.
• “If I were you, I wouldn’t drink so much.”
• He advised his friend _____________
• He advised his friend not to drink so much.
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• “I won’t help you because you didn’t help me.”
• A) Joan said ____________
• B) Joan refused ___________
• A) Joan said (that) she wouldn’t help me because I hadn’t helped her.
• B) Joan refused to help me because I hadn’t helped her.
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• “I’ll bring it back tomorrow.”
• (A) He said _____________
• (B) He promised ____________
• (A) He said (that) he would bring it back the next day.
• (B) He promised to bring it back the next day.
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Reported Speech: Questions
• When we report questions, we do not follow the normal question order. Instead, we use the word order of a statement.
“Can I leave the room?” becomes:
I asked if I could leave the room.
“Where are you from?” becomes:
She asked where I was from.
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Yes/No Questions
• We use if or whether + noun clause
“Are you happy here?” she asked. – becomes:
She asked me if / whether I was happy there.
“Does he live in a large flat?” she wondered. – becomes:
She wondered if / whether he lived in a large flat.
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• We must use whether (not if) when we are asking someone to make a choice:
• “Do you want coffee or tea?” they asked.
• They asked me whether I wanted coffee or tea.
• We must use whether with the phrase or not. (whether … or not)
• “Are you going to tell me the answer or not?” she said.
• She asked him whether he was going to tell her the answer or not.
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Wh-Questions
• When we report these questions we use the wh-word: who, where, why, what, when, which or how, how far, how long, how much, how many…
• “Who built that castle?” she wanted to know.
She wanted to know who had built that castle.
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Wh-Questions
• “Where did you go this summer?” He inquired where we had gone that
summer.
• “How is Johnny getting on at school?” she asked.
She asked how Johnny was getting on at school.
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Change into indirect questions
• “Can I have some more pocket money?”
• The boy asked ______
• The boy asked if /whether/ he could have some more pocket money.
• “Where were you born?”
• She asked him _________
• She asked him where he had been born.
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• “How far is the stadium?”
• He wanted to know __________
• He wanted to know how far the stadium was / how far it was to the stadium.
• “Are you still living in London?”
• She asked ________
• She asked (me) if /whether/ I was still living in London.
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• “Do you work in the central branch or in the provinces?”
• She asked him __________
• She asked him whether he worked in the central branch or in the provinces.
• “Are you going to give me the money or not?”
• She wanted to know ______________
• She wanted to know whether I was going to give her the money or not.
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• “Who bought the Picasso painting?”
• He wondered _________
• He wondered who had bought the Picasso painting.
• “Did he bring the book back or not?”
• I didn’t know __________
• I didn’t know whether he had brought the book back or not.
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or The End