• Direct Speech vs Reported Speech

Look at what these people are saying.

They are using Direct Speech

• The words that we read are the exact words they used.

• We write them between speech marks (“…”)

Reporting what people said

• If you want to tell someone what they said, you can

• repeat their words

• Or

• Use Reported Speech.

Report what he said and point out the differences

VERB CHANGES

Present Simple Past Simple

Present continuous Past continuous

Past Simple Past Perfect

Present perfect Past perfect

Will Would

Can Could

May Might

Time Changes

DIRECT REPORTED/INDIRECT

Now ThenToday That dayThis week That weekTomorrow The next dayNext week The week afterYesterday The day beforeLast week The week beforeThis ThatThese Those

Other changes- According to context, there are other changes:

I ---------- He/She

“I love you.” – He said that he loved her. We ------They

“We are ready to go” – They said they were ready to go.

You ----- Me/Her/Him “ I want you to come home.”- She said she wanted him to come

home.”

- In general, the first person is changed to the third person.

Report the pirate’s words.

Let’s practise!

Questions in reported speech

• The subject comes before the verb: “Where do you study?” She asked him where he

studied.

• Yes/No questions use ask+ if + clause: “Do you speak Italian?” He asked me if I spoke Italian.

• Questions with wh- words use ask+ wh word +clause:

“What is your name?” She asked me what my name was.

Let’s practise!