Reported Speech

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Reported Speech Midterm Review

Intermediate 2, Unit 6 - True Stories, p.58

Reported Speech

Reported speech is when you say what someone else has said.

"My friend said that she was getting married".

"Guess what. I'm getting married!"

"She said she was getting married".

Pablo

Pablo's friend

Who is using reported speech?

Pablo

Pablo's friend

Verb tenses in reported speech

Verb tenses are very important when making sentences with the reported speech.

Review how you report speech with different verb tenses.

Present simple

Direct: I want to see a movie.

Reported: She said that she wanted to see a movie.

What two things are different in the reported sentence?

She said that

Present tense verb

Past tense verb

V3 (past participle)

Direct: I don't like chilli.

Reported: She said she _______ chocolate.

1. doesn't like
2. didn't like

Present continuous

Direct: I'm getting married.

Reported: She told me she was getting married.

What two things are different in the reported sentence?

She told me

is / are / am + verb-ing

Past tense verb

was / were verb-ing

Direct: I'm playing at 6pm.

Reported: He said he ________ at 6pm.

1. was playing
2. is playing

Present perfect

Direct: I've just had a dream about you.

Reported: He told me he'd just had a dream about me.

What two things are different in the reported sentence?

He told me

had + V3

have / has + V3

past simple verb

Direct: I've studied German for 4 years.

Reported: She said she _______ German for 4 years.

1. was studying
2. had studied

Past simple

Direct: I learned to play an instrument a long time ago.

Reported: She said that she had learned to play an instrument a long time ago.

What two things are different in the reported sentence?

She said that

past tense verb

have / has + V3

had + V3

Direct: I went to Ramelau last week.

Reported: He said that he _______ to Ramelau last week.

1. had gone
2. went

Summary of reported tenses

Choose the correct verb for the reported sentences.

Julia: I worked eight hours every day.

Julia said she _______ eight hours every day.

1. have worked
2. had worked

Sandra: The car is expensive.

Sandra said that the car _______ expensive.

1. has been
2. was

My dad: You can help me fix the car.

My dad told me I _______ him fix the car.

1. could help
2. can help

Nelio: Eufemia's doing very well at University.

Nelio said that Eufemia _______ really well at Maths.

1. is doing
2. was doing

My mum: The road will be dangerous during rainy season.

My mum said that the road _______ during rainy season.

1. would be dangerous
2. will be dangerous

Well done!

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