REPORTED SPEECH
May 27, 2015
REPORTED SPEECH
• I like you.
He said/told her (that)…
• …he liked her.
• I’m rich and famous.
He said/told her (that)…
• …he was rich and famous.
• I’ll see you here tomorrow.
He said/told her (that)…
• …he would see her there the next day.
• I wrote a poem about you last night.
He said/told her (that)…
• …he had written a poem about her the previous night.
• I’ve forgotten your phone number.
He said/told her (that)…
• …he had forgotten her phone number.
• I can’t see you next week.
He said/told her (that)…
• …he couldn’t see her the following week.
• I may be free tonight.
He said/told her (that)…
• …he might be free that night.
• I must go away for a week.
He said/told her (that)…
• …he had to go away for a week.
• You mustn’t cry.
He said/told her (that)…
• …she mustn’t cry.
• Are you married?
She asked him…
• …if he was married.
•Where do you live?
She asked him…
• …where he lived.