Reported Speech

What is it? How do we use it?

Yesterday I saw Sara.

She told me that she
got 10/10 in her
English exam.

Today.. Yesterday..
 We often use reported speech to:

1. Give someone a telephone message.

For example: Maha said that she couldnt come today because
she was sick.

2. Tell someone news that we heard from

someone else.
For example: Nora told me that Amal graduated.

3. To repeort something that happened earlier.

For example: Ahmad said that the other driver ran the red
light and hit his car.
How Do we use Reported Speech?
When we use Reported Speech, we are usually
talking about something that happened in The
Past.

*Therefore, Verbs usually change to the

past.
For example:
am / is become was

are becomes were

Have / has become had

can becomes could

will becomes would

 In Reported Speech you should use this
structure:
Someone said ( that )

Or:

Someone told me ( that )

 Im not happy at my job
anymore and I think I will
quit.

was
Ahmad told me that he . not happy at his
job anymore and he. thought
would
he . quit.
 Be careful with pronouns:
My sister is coming to visit
me soon.

her
Ameera said that sister was coming
her soon.
to visit
Report the
following
quotes
 I find that the harder I work, the more luck I
seem to have.

Thomas Jefferson
He said he found that the harder he worked,
the more luck he seemed to have.

What did he say?

90% of our worries are about things that will
not happen

Margaret
Thatcher
She said that 90% of their worries were
about things that would not happen

What did she say?

Everything is funny as long as it is happening
to somebody else.

Will Rogers
He said that everything was funny as long as it was
happening to somebody else.

What did he say?

 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech. Change
pronouns and time expressions where necessary.
She said, "I am reading."
She said that ____________________
They said, "We are busy."
They said that ___________________
He said, "I know a better restaurant."
He said that _____________________
She said, "I woke up early."
She said that ____________________
He said, "I will ring her."
He said that _____________________
 They said, "We have just arrived."
They said that _________________
He said, "I will clean the car."
He said that ___________________
She said, "I did not say that."
She said that __________________
She said, "I don't know where my shoes are."
She said that __________________
He said: "I won't tell anyone."
He said that ____________________
 REPORTING QUESTIONS
"Where is my umbrella?" she asked.
She asked _______________________
"How are you?" Martin asked us.
Martin asked us ___________________
He asked, "Do I have to do it?"
He asked ________________________
"Where have you been?" the mother asked her
daughter.
The mother asked her daughter ________
"Which dress do you like best?" she asked her
boyfriend.
She asked her boyfriend _______________
 "What are they doing?" she asked.
She wanted to know ________________
"Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.
He wanted to know _________________
The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"
The teacher wanted to know __________
"How do you know that?" she asked me.
She asked me ______________________
"Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.
My friend asked me __________________
 When transforming questions,also note that
you have to:
transform the question into an indirect
question
use the interrogative or if / whether
 Interrogative direct speech
Why dont you speak English?
reported speech
He asked me why I didnt speak English
Direct:
Do you speak English?
reported speech:
He asked me whether / if I spoke English.
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