2TTO - Unit 7 - Reported speech

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Reported speech
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A question for one of you:
"... what is your favourite sport?"
This is direct speech.

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Now, ... report to us what he/she just said.

This answer is reported speech.

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So, what is reported speech?
Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said.

To do this, we can use: 
direct speech: 'I work in a bank,' said Daniel
 or 
indirect speech: Daniel said that he worked in a bank.

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What is reported speech?
The most common reporting verbs: say + tell
  • Jack said that he had been on a date with Jill.
  • Jack *told me that he had been on a date with Jill.

- Just like say: add, admit, agree, announce
- * These all need a personal object (me/you/her/him/us/you/them): remind claim, complain, warn explain, promise


 



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Tenses in reported speech
When using reported speech, we change the tense. It usually “jumps” one tense back (further into the past). 

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Slide 8 - Video

Tim, "She works in an office."

Tim said _____________.

Slide 9 - Open question

Emma, "I'm sitting on the chair."

Emma announced __________.

Slide 10 - Open question

Reported speech - questions
Reported questions are not real questions so they do not need question marks.
- ‘Do you like rap music?’ ↠ She asked me if I liked rap music.
X She asked me if I liked rap music?

  • When there is no question word (who, what, how, why, etc.), we use if or whether.
‘Can you do it?’ ↠ They asked me if I could do it.

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‘Can you speak English?’ Marion asked the boy.

Marion asked ________________________.

Slide 12 - Open question

‘Are you going to buy a car?’ Tom asked Willem.

Tom asked _________________________.

Slide 13 - Open question