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Reported Speech
What is it? How do you use it?
Yesterday, I saw my friend Pamela!
She told me that she got a
promotion!
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Reported SpeechIt is a grammatical structure that is used when we
want to tell another person about a conversation that took place in the past.
We often use reported speech to . . .1. Give someone a telephone message:Example:Example: Ellen said she couldn’t come today because…
2. Tell someone news that we heard from someone else:Example:Example: Tom told me that he and Karen got engaged!
3. To report something that happened:Example:Example: Sam said that the other driver wasn’tpaying attention and hit his car.
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How to use reported speech:
When we use Reported Speech, we are usually talking about the past.
Therefore, verbs usually change to the past tense in Reported Speech.
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am / is becomes was
are becomes were
have / has becomes had
can / can’t becomescould couldn’t
will / won’t becomes
would wouldn’t
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Reported speech typically uses the following structure:
Someone said (that) … Sentence - past
ORSomeone told me (that) … Sentence- past
However, in English, you can NEVER say
Someone said me . . .
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Examples of reporting Examples of reporting what someone said . . .what someone said . . .
I talked to Sandra yesterday. She was telling me about her job. Her job is quite stressful. Sandra said:
“I’m not happy at my
job anymore. I think I’ll quit.”
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Sandra said, “I’m not happy at my job anymore. I think I’ll quit.
Now you want to tell someone else what Sandra said. In this situation, it is natural to
use Reported Speech:Reported Speech: You can say:
Sandra told me that she happy at her job anymore and she she quit.
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When a person told you something in the past tense, you can use either the past tense or the
past perfect tense after the “said” phrase.
ExampleExample::Tim said: “I worked
really hard today.”
past tensepast tense
past perfect past perfect tensetense
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You will hear native speakers use both the past and past
perfect in this situation;
However, it is much easier to just put everything in the simple past tense when using reported speech, so . . .
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Examples to practise:Examples to practise:
1. Shawn said:“I don’t feel like going to the movies tonight.”Reported speech:
Shawn said that he didn’t feel like going to the movies that night.
2. Tina said:“My sister is coming to visit me soon.”Reported speech:
Tina told me that her sister was coming to visit her soon.
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. . . And more examples:
3. The counselor said:“I’ll always be available for your students.”
Reported speech:The counselor said that she would always be available for my students.
4. The students said:“We want to do oral presentations in class so we can practise more speaking.
Reported speech:The students told me that they wantedto do oral presentations so they could practise more speaking.
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Do you understand reported speech better NOWNOW than you
did BEFOREBEFORE?
Keep practising!!! And please . . . ask if you need some help!
Congratulations!