1. Reported Speech
Спирина В.А.

2. Reported speech
We use reported speech when we are saying what other people say, think or believe. Direct Speech He says, “I phone my friends every day”. Reported Speech He says (that) he phones his friends every day.

3. Reported speech (statements)
without
tense changes
with
tense changes

4. Reported speech without tense changes

5. Reported speech without tense changes
When we are reporting somebody’s words a short time after they were said.
‘It’s quite cold,’ said Harry.
Harry just said (that) it’s quite cold.

6. Reported speech without tense changes
When we are reporting a scientific fact.
‘Light from the sun takes eight minutes to reach us,’ the professor said.
The professor said (that) light from the sun takes eight minutes to reach us.

7. Reported speech without tense changes
When we are reporting something which is still true.
‘I have a cousin in America,’ Mr Wood said.
Mr Wood said (that) he has a cousin in America.

8. Reported speech without tense changes
When we use a reporting verb in the present tense.
‘I am going to the party tonight,’ Jane says.
Jane says (that) she is going to the party tonight.

9. Reported speech without tense changes
When we are reporting somebody’s words a short time after they were said.
When we are reporting a scientific fact.
When we are reporting something which is still true.
When we use a reporting verb in the present tense.

10. Reported speech with tense changes
We usually have to change the tense if the reporting verb is in the past.

11. He said (that) he hungry.
Present Simple
Past Simple
‘I hungry.’ am
He said (that) he hungry.
was
we should pay attention to the changes to pronouns

12. Present Continuous Past Continuous
‘I a letter.’
am writing
He said (that) he a letter.
was writing

13. Present Perfect Past Perfect
‘I my room.’
have cleaned
He said (that) he his room.
had cleaned

14. Past Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
‘She all day.’
has been waiting
He said (that) she all day.
had been waiting

15. Past Simple Past Perfect
‘I $12 for the video.’
paid
He said (that) he $12 for the video.
had paid

16. Past Perfect Continuous
Past Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
‘We about football.’
were talking
He said (that) they about football.
had been talking

17. Past Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous
Direct Speech
Reported speech
Present Simple
Past Simple
Present Continuous
Past Continuous
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Present Perfect
Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
Past Simple
Past Perfect
Past Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous

18. Other changes in reported speech
We sometimes have to change other words, such as pronouns, words that refer to the time and place, some modal verbs.

19. Direct Speech Reported speech
now
today
yesterday
tomorrow
last week
next week
ago
here
this
these
then, at that moment
that day
the day before, the previous day
the next/following day
the week before, the previous week
the week after, the following week
before
there
that
those

20. Modal verbs
Shall should
Will would
Can could
Must had to
May might

21. Reporting verbs agree, claim, offer, promise, refuse + to-infinitive
advise, allow, ask, order, warn + smb +
accuse smb of, apologise for, deny, insist on, suggest + -ing form

22. Don’t Forget!
to say smth to smb
to tell smb smth

23. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Дроздова Т.Ю., Берестова А.И., Маилова В.Г. English Grammar: Reference and Practice:учебное пособие для старшеклассников школ и гимназий, студентов неязыковых вузов с углубленным изучением английского языка.- СПб.:ООО “Издательство «Химера»,2000
Raymond Murphy. English Grammar in Use.- Cambridge University Press, 2002
Вербицкая М., Малколм Манн, Стив Тейлор-Ноулз. Учебное пособие для подготовки к ЕГЭ по английскому языку: Грамматика и лексика.- MACMILLAN, 2009

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