REPORTED SPEECH

QUESTIONS
1. We do not use the auxilary verb do in reported questions.
  1. Do you like vegetables?- he asked me if i liked vegetables.
2. there is no inversion of subject and verb in reported question
  1. where are you? - he asked me where i was
3. when there is no question word( who, what, where etc) we use if or whether.
  1. is that your car? - he asked me if that was my car
STATEMENTS
1. Verb tenses. One step back in the past.
  1. Present Simple - Past Simple
    1. Present Continuous - Past Continuous
      1. Past simple - Past perfect continuous
        Present Perfect Continuous - Past Perfect Continuous
        will - would
        must - must/had to
        can - could
        may/might - might
        maybe i have made a mistake- he said he might had made a mistake
        i can play the piano this afternoon- he said he could play the piano that afternoon
        i must do my homework for tomorrow- he said that he mus do his homework for tomorrow
        i will play tennis tomorrow- he said he would play tennis the next day
        i have been playing tennis for 2 hours- he said he had been playing tennis for 2 hours
        i played tennis yesterday- he said he had played tennis yesterday
      2. i am playing tennis- he said he was playing tennis
    2. "I like playing football" e said he liked playing football
2. Something that will not change or something immediate
  1. "My name is Julie", she said. She said her name is Julie.
3. Changes
  1. "I like my hair", he said. He said he liked his hair
    1. Pronouns / Determiners
4. With say you do not need to use a personal object to say who you saying something to.
  1. i dont like this job- he said he didnt like that job
5. With tell you must use a personal object to say who you are saying something to
  1. John i dont like this job- the told him he didnt like that job
OTHER REPORTING VERBS
1. add, admit, agree, announce, claim, complain, explain, promise. These verbs work like say .
2. remind, warn. These verbs work like tell.
OTHER REPORTING STRUCTURES.
1. Verb + infinitive: agree, claim, promise, refuse
  1. he agreed to repeat the exam.
2. verb + object + infinitive: advise,ask,forbid,instruct,tell,order,invite,remind,warn,recommend.
  1. he invited her to have dinner out.
3. verb + gerund: admit,advise,deny,regret,recommend,suggest
  1. he advised doing more difficult
4. verb + preposition + gerund: apologize for, insist on, object to, confess to
  1. he apologized for doing bad the exercise
5. verb + object + preposition + gerund: accuse somebody of, congratulate somebody on, criticize somebody for, warn somebody against
  1. they accused him of stealing the bag.

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