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Mind Map by Wendy Amores, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Wendy Amores
about 4 years ago
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REPORTED SPEECH
- Statements
- Direct speech
- We lived in China for five years.
- Describes when something is being repeated exactly as it was
- We lived in China for five years.
- Indirect speech
- She told me they'd lived in China for five years.
- Instead of expressing someone's comments or
speech by directly repeating them, it involves
reporting or describing what was said.
- She told me they'd lived in China for five years.
- Direct speech
- Questions
- When we report questions, the subject comes before the verb
- When reporting questions we don’t use the
auxiliary verb do, except in negative questions.
- We report yes/no questions with if or whether.
- When we report questions with who, what or which + to be +
object, the verb be can come before or after the object.
- Example
- Direct speech: Where are you going?
- Indirect speech: He asked me where
I was going.
- Direct speech: Where are you going?
- When we report questions, the subject comes before the verb
- Reported speech is when we talk about
what somebody else said.
- Reporting verbs
- Reporting verbs are verbs that we use to
communicate ideas, actions or intentions
of people at a given moment.
- Example
- Direct speech: You should really avoid
driving through the city centre,” he said.
- He advised me against driving through
the city centre.
- Direct speech: You should really avoid
driving through the city centre,” he said.
- Example
- Reporting verbs are verbs that we use to
communicate ideas, actions or intentions
of people at a given moment.
- Commands and requests
- Reported Commands and
Requests are formed using the
to-infinitive and not to-infinitive.
- The reporting verbs for the commands
and requests are: order, shout, demand,
warn, beg, command, tell, insist, beseech,
threaten, implore, ask and propose.
- Example
- Direct speech: Don’t answer the phone
- Indirect speech: She told me not to
answer the phone.
- Direct speech: Don’t answer the phone
- Reported Commands and
Requests are formed using the
to-infinitive and not to-infinitive.
- Bibliography:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/grammar/intermediate-to-upper-intermediate/reported-speech-1-statements
https://7esl.com/reported-commands-and-requests/
https://kseacademy.com/reporting-verbs/
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