REPORTED SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH

1. MATHIU GUALOTUÑA | 3° BGU "B"

2. Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said.

3. Reported Statements

   • It is used to tell someone what another person said.
   • We can use reporting verbs such as say and tell.
   • Reported Speech focuses more on the content of what someone said rather than their exact words
     • The main verb usually moves back one tense into the past. Time words and phrases also change in reported speech.
       • Examples
         • She said (that) she had a new car.
           • Iker said he had fixed his TV.
             • He said that she would see him that night.
             • Pepe told me that he was angry.
               • Ana said (that) that was his cellphone.
           • María said that I would get ilness.

4. Reported Questions

   • Reported questions are one form of reported speech. We usually introduce reported questions with the verb "ask".
     • They have the same tense and word changes as reported statements.
       • After we report a question, it is no longer a question. The word order is subject-verb-object.
         • Examples
           • "Have they left?" Karla asked.
             • Karla asked if they have left.
           • He said: "Where's my pen?"
             • He asked where his book was.
               • "Is Lana here?" I asked.
                 • I asked id Lana was there.
                 • "Is Fred angry?" he asked me.
                   • He asked me if/wheter Fred was angry.

5. Reported Commands and Requests

   • When we report commands and requests, we change the imperative to a full infinitive.
     • We use to + infinitive
       • Tell: to report commands
         • Ask: to report requests
     • Not + to + infinitive
     • Examples
       • She told her mother to buy it,
         • My teacher told me to sit down,
           • She asked me to stay calm.
       • My mom told me not to eat that.

6. Reporting Verbs

   • We can use different reporting verbs to summarise what someone said.
     • Different structures are using depending on the verb
       • verb + object + full infinitive
         • He agreed to do it.
       • verb + preposition + gerund
         • She denied breaking the glass.
           • Some reporting verbs are:
             • admit, deny, insist, apologise, advise, announce, promise, inform, suggest, etc.
               • Gordon, E., James, P., & Stolls, L. (2017). English Download for B1.2 Student’s Book with Workbook. Hamilton House Publishers Ltd.
       • verb + object + that
         • She informed us that our laptop was fixed.