Reported Speech

summarised

A LEVEL

Isabel Quesada Gmez

What is Reported Speech?

To repeat peoples words without usingthe exact same words. What are you going to have for lunch?

What did you see at the cinema last time you went?

What are you going to do tomorrow night?

What do you like doing in your free time? ONE MONTH LATER. Your answers will have to be reported as time, places and people references willbe different. Lets try with your answers!

3 main changes

1) PRONOUNS (different references)

2) VERBS (backshift)

3) TIME and PLACE EXPRESSIONS /DEMONSTRATIVES (different references)

FOCUS ON BACKSHIFT

Present tenses -> Past tenses

Past tenses -> Past Perfect

Present Perfect -> Past Perfect

Future with will -> Cond. would

Present modal -> Past modal

FOCUS ON TIME/PLACE EXPRESSIONS This -> That // These -> Those Here - > There

Now -> Then Today -> That day Tomorrow -> The following day / the day after Next week - > The following week / the weekafter

Yesterday -> The day before / the previous day Last year -> The year before / the previous year 5 days ago - > 5 days before

REPORTING VERBS

STATEMENTS

SAID

TOLD SOMEBODY

(me, him, her,us, them)

EXPLAINED

SOME PRACTICE Im going canoening next weekend

Tom said (that)

I have already learnt the new JLo song

Mariah said (that)

My favourite band is Kings of Leon

David explained (that)

I cant ski very well but I can skate

Nicki told us (that)

I must buy a new PC game for you tomorrow

My mum told me

II PART

QUESTIONS

COMMANDS!!!

REPORTED QUESTIONS

Reporting verbs:

ASKED

WANTED TO KNOW

TYPES OF QUESTIONS

YES /NO ?s IF + S + V + C ?

Wh-?s Same wh- pronoun + S+V+C ?

REPORTED QUESTIONS: GOLDEN RULES

WORD ORDER AS IN AFFIRMATIVE

SENTENCES

Reported Questions are NO LONGER A QUESTION Final ? Disappears

3 main changes are done:

Pronouns

Verb is backshifted

Time and Place expressions

COMMANDS

Reporting verbs:

ORDERED ME

ASKED ME

TYPES OF COMMANDS

AFFIRMATIVE: TO + INF. + C

He asked me TO open the door

NEGATIVE: NOT TO + INF. + C

He asked me NOT TO open the door

Next challenge!

Any problems so far?

Lets do some more practice!!!