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Reported Speech

Reported Speech. What is REPORTED SPEECH?. - Reported Speech is the way to communicate what someone else said . . How do we use it ?. We have to change the “ direct speech ” to “ indirect speech ” . . Can you see any changes ?. “ I like my swimsuit ”, she said . (DIRECT SPEECH)

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Reported Speech

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  1. ReportedSpeech

  2. Whatis REPORTED SPEECH? - ReportedSpeechisthewaytocommunicatewhatsomeoneelsesaid.

  3. How do we use it? Wehavetochange the “directspeech” to “indirectspeech”.

  4. Can youseeanychanges? • “Ilikemyswimsuit”, shesaid. (DIRECT SPEECH) • Shesaidthatshelikedherswimsuit. (INDIRECT SPEECH) Changesfrom DIRECT SPEECH to INDIRECT SPEECH: Quotationmarks are removed. Instead, wewill use thestructure “He/Shesaidthat…” to introduce theperson’sspeech. Change in pronoun: First-person singular pronoun has changedtothird-person singular pronoun Change in possesiveadjective: Change in verb tense: weoftengo back a tense

  5. PRESENT SIMPLE • “I am illtoday”, he said. • He saidthathewasillthatday. -Present simple tense Past simple tense - Pronoun “I” Pronoun “he” - TodayThatday

  6. PRESENT CONTINUOUS • “ Iam doingmyhomeworkrightnow”, Jack said. • Jack saidthathewasdoinghishomeworkthen. • PresentcontinuousPastcontinuous • Pronoun “I” Pronoun “he” • Possesiveadjective “my” “his” RightnowThen

  7. FUTURE “Will” • “Iwillgotothebeachtomorrow”, Mary said. • Mary saidthatshewouldgotothebeachthenextday/ thefollowingday. • FuturewillWould • Pronoun “I” pronoun “she” • TomorrowThenextdayorthefollowingday

  8. Modals: CAN • “Ican buythisbeachumbrella”, Jillsaid. • Jillsaidthathecouldbuythatbeachumbrella. • - Modal “can” Modal “could” • Pronoun “I” Pronoun “he” • Demonstrativeadjective “This” “That”

  9. Modals: MUST • “ Imuststayhere”, thestudentsaid. • Thestudentsaidthat he hadtostaythere. • Modal “Must” “hadto” • Pronoun “I” “he” • “here” “there”

  10. Negativesentences • “Idon’tlikethebeach”, he said.  He saidthat he didn’tlikethebeach. • “I’mnotlisteningtomusic”, shesaid. Shesaidthatshewasn’tlisteningtomusic. • “ I won’twearthisswimsuit”, shesaid. Shesaidthatshewouldn’twearthatswimwuit. • “I can’tfindanyseashellsonthisbeach”, shesaid. Shesaidthatshecouldn’tfindanyseashellsonthatbeach”.

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