Reported Speech

Reported Speech

1. Reported suggestions and offers

   • Suggestions
     • Order
       • 2º form
         • 1º Subject pronoun (The person who makes the suggestion)
         • 2º Suggested
         • Verb ing
       • 1º form
         • 1º Subject pronoun (The person who makes the suggestion)
         • 2º Suggested that
         • 3º Object pronoun
         • 4º Infinitive
     • example
       • Direct speech
         • He told me: "let´s go to the zoo"
       • Reported speech
         • 1º Form
           • He suggested that we go to the zoo
         • 2º Form
           • He suggested going to the zoo
     • Useful verbs
       • Suggest
       • Recomend
       • Advise
   • Offers
     • Order
       • 1º Subject pronoun (The person who makes the offer)
       • 2º Offered
       • 3º To
       • 4º Vb infinitive
     • Example
       • Direct speech
         • He said: "Shall I help you with those bags?"
       • Reported speech
         • He offered to help me with those bags

2. Reported questions

   • Reporting questions with question words
     • Changes
       • Tenses, adverbs, pronouns, determiners and possesives changes in the same way as in the statements
     • Order of the words
       • 1º Subject pronoun (Person who ask the question)
       • 2º Asked
       • 3º Object pronoun (The person being asked)
       • 4º Question (Changin tenses, adverbs, pronouns...)
     • Example
       • Direct speech
         • He asked me:"¿Where is your coat?"
       • Reported speech
         • He asked me where my coat was
   • Yes/No questions
     • Changes
       • No question words
       • To make the reported question, we have to use If/ Whether
       • Tenses, adverbs, pronouns, determiners and possesives changes in the same way as in the statements
     • Order
       • 1º Subject pronoun (person who ask the question)
       • 2º Asked
       • 4º If/ Whether
       • 5º The cuestion (Changing the tenses, adverbs, pronouns...)
       • 3º Object pronoun (The person who is being asked)
     • Example
       • Direct speech
         • He asked me: "Are you eating"
       • Reported speech
         • He asked me if/whether i was eating

3. Statements

   • Changes
     • Pronouns and posesives
       • Direct speech
         • My mum said: "I´m driving my car"
       • Reported speech
         • My mum said SHE was driving HER car
     • Demostratives
       • This
         • That
           • Reported speech
         • Direct speech
       • These
         • Those
       • Here
         • There
     • Time expressions
       • Now
         • Direct speech
         • Then
           • Reported speech
       • Today
         • That day
       • Yesterday
         • The day before
       • Tomorrow
         • The followin day
       • Next week/month/year
         • The followin week/month/year
       • Last week/month/year
         • The previous week/month/year ; The weekl/month/year before
     • Changes in tense
       • Present of to be
         • Direc speech
         • Past of to be
           • Reported speech
       • Present simple
         • Past simple
       • Present continuous
         • Past continuous
       • Past simple
         • Past perfect
       • Present perfect
         • Past perfect
       • Future simple
         • Condicional simple
       • Can
         • Could
       • May
         • Might
       • Must/Have to
         • Had to
       • Should
         • Should
   • Reporting verbs
     • Object
       • Told
         • Ángel told me that he had bought a new car
     • No object
       • Said
         • Ángel said that he had bought a new car
   • Useful verbs
     • Say
     • Tell
     • Admir
     • Apologise
     • Explain
     • Complain
     • Mention
     • Reply

4. Reported request and commands

   • Order
     • 1º Subject pronoun (Person who reqquest)
     • 2º Reporting verb (ask/told)
     • 3º Object pronoun (person to whom the request is made
     • 4º (Not)
     • 5º To infinitive
   • Example
     • Direct speech
       • He told me: "Don´t be late"
     • Reported speech
       • He told me not to be late
   • Useful verbs
     • Ask
     • Beg
     • Warn
     • Tell
     • Order