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HE TOLD ME HE
LIVED IN ICA
Goal: To learn how to report what someone else said by using
reported speech
REPORTED SPEECH
IS WHEN WE TELL SOMEONE WHAT ANOTHER PERSON
SAID.
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Exercise 1
Complete the sentences in reported speech.
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1'I work in a bank.' ⇒ He said that he……………………… in a bank.
Was working
2'I am working today.' ⇒ She told us she ……………………that day.
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3'I've been ill for a couple of weeks.' ⇒ He told me he…………….
Had been ill for a couple of weeks.
Had been
4'I was at the doctor all morning.' ⇒ She told me that she……….. at the doctor all morning.
would
5'I'll lend you the money .' ⇒ He told me he ……………lend me the money.
6'I can't do it without your help.' ⇒ She said she…………………….do
Couldn´t it without my help.
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Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note whether the sentence is a
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request, a statement or a question.
1. He said, "I like this song."
→ He said he liked that song.
2. "Where is your sister?" she asked me. He said, "I like this song."
→ He said that he liked that song.(i)
→ She asked me WHERE MY SISTER WAS "Where is your sister?" she asked me.
3. "I don't speak Italian," she said. → She asked me where my sister was.(i)
"I don't speak Italian," she said.
→ She said THAT SHE DIDN´T SPEAK ITALIAN
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→ She said that she didn't speak Italian.(i)
"Say hello to Jim," they said.
4. "Say hello to Jim," they said. → They asked me to say hello to Jim.(i)
→ They asked me "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
→ He said that the film had begun at seven o'clock.(i)
5. "The film began at seven o'clock," he said. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
→ He said → She told the boys not to play on the grass.(i)
"Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
6. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said. → She asked him where he had spent his money.(i)
→ She told the boys "I never make mistakes," he said.
→ He said that he never made mistakes.(i)
7. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him. "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
→ She asked him → He wanted to know if she knew Robert.(i)
"Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
8. "I never make mistakes," he said. → The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at
→ He said
9. "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
→ He wanted to know
10."Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
→ The stuntman advised the audience
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WRITE SENTENCES DIRECT SPEECH – INDIRECT SPEECH
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REPORT INDIRECT SPEECH
DOCTOR:Are you taking pain pills?
PATIENT: The doctor asked me if I was taking the pain pills
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DOCTOR: How many days did you have this pain?
PATIENT:The doctor asked me how many days I have had this pain
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DOCTOR: "stop eating junk food.
PATIENT: The doctor told me to stop eating junk food.
Doctor (DS): “You should continue your treatmet for 14 days.”
Patient (IS): The doctor told me that I should continue my treatment for 14 days.
Doctor (DS): “Do you suffer from any other disease?”
Patient (IS): The doctor asked me If I suffered from any other disease
Doctor (DS): “Don't forget to come back in 14 days to check up.”
Patient (IS): The doctor told me not to forget to come back in 14 days to check up .
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LET´S PRACTICE SPEAKING
What did the couple say to each other over dinner yesterday?
Example: 1) She said (that) their daughter was pregnant.
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References
1. Reported Speech. Pinterest, [Link]
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2. Reported Speech. Easy English, [Link]
3. Reported Speech. [Link],
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4. Reported Speech. [Link],
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5. Rules for the change of pronouns in Indirect Speech. [Link],
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6. Reported Speech. liveworksheets,
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7. Reported Speech. islcollective,
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