R eported Speech
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Reported Speech
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What is Reported Speech?
• ReportedSpeech is a way
how we reportwhat someonehas said bychanging some
of the wordssaid, butretaining thesame meaning.
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Could youhelp me?
Directed Speechhat did Cemong ask us?
Cemong asked us to help her.
Reported Speech / Indirected Speech
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Reported reuests,o!ers".
When we report o!ers,promises, threats etc, we canuse the structure#
Reporting $erb % to&in'niti$e
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Can Ihelp
you?What did thewoman say to
us?She o!ered to help us.
reporting $erb
to&in'niti$e
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((()otice(((
*he reporting $erbs thatwe can use in thisstructure include#
+!er, promise, agree,reuse etc.
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I-ll work
harder What did eri say?
e promised to workharder.
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Reported orders,reuests".
When we report orders,reuests, warnings, ad$ice,in$itations etc, we can use thestructure#
Reporting $erb % ob0ect % toin'niti$e
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Can you tellme how toread the
word, Dudi?
*he girl asked Dudi to tell her how to read
the word. )otice # *he change o
pronouns
What did the girl say?
reporting$erb
%ob0ect
% to&in'niti$e
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((()otice(((
*he reporting $erbs that we
can use in this structureinclude#
tell, ask, order, warn,
remind, ad$ise, in$ite etc.
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1mi I think you
should do yourhomework.
What did mothersay to 1mi?
2other ad$ised 1mi to do her homework.
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Reporting negati$e orders,promises, ad$ices"..
In negati$e orders, promises,reuests,etc, we use the
structure#
not % to&in'niti$e
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Don-t eat toomuch sweet.
What did thedentist askDoel?
*he dentist asked Doel not to eat toomuch sweet.
not % to&
in'niti$e
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Changes o pronouns
• In reported speech, we usually need to change the pronouns 3e.g. I, you, me,this, these, etc4 and possessi$e
ad0ecti$es 3e.g. my, your, etc4.• We usually change the pronouns rom #
• owe$er we do not need to change the5st person pronoun I when the speaker
is reporting
his/her own words.
5st person 3I, me4
6nd person 3you,
your4
7rd person3we, us4
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8lease be
careulwhen youpass methe bo9.
What did thewoman say to the
man?She asked him to be careul
when hepasses her thebo9.
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+ral Drills
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I-ll work outtheprogramme
in twominutes.
What did enipromise?
eni promised towork out theprogramme in two
minutes.
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I-ll sign thecontract.
What did the managree?
e agreed to sign
the contract.
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:et meteach you.
What did uki say?
uki o!ered toteach thechildren / them.
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8lease passme thebandage,
Da$id.
What did the doctor say?
*he doctor asked Da$id to passhim the bandage.
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2r. an, youshouldn-tsmoke again.
What did thedoctor ad$ise
2r. an?
*he doctorad$ised 2r. annot to smokeagain.
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*am, don-tshoot the
balloons.
What did Susansay?She asked *am to get herdown.
8leaseget medown, *am
She asked *am notto shoot theballoons.
She asked *amto get her downand not to shoot
the balloons.
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Don-tbe
araid.
What did the $etsay?
e asked thedog not to bearaid.
Don-tmo$e.
e asked the
dog not tomo$ee asked the dognot to be araid
and mo$e