2. 1 Reported Speech

3. 2 Susanna said (that) she was very happy that day. I am very happy today.

4. 3 We use reported speech to talk about what someone said.

5. 4 When we report a statement, we have to:

6. 5  take away the quotation marks e.g ‘Some students are talking,’ said the teacher.  The teacher said (that) some students were talking.

7. 6  change the tense e.g ‘I am very happy today,’ said Susanna.  Susanna said (that) she was very happy that day. simple present present continuous  simple past  past continuous  The teacher said (that) some students were talking. e.g ‘Some students are talking,’ said the teacher.

8. 7  change the pronouns I/youwe/you me/youus/you my/yourour/your mine/yoursours/yours  he/she  they  him/her  them  his/her  their  his/hers  theirs e.g ‘I am very happy today,’ said Susanna.  Susanna said (that) she was very happy that day.

9. 8  change the time words today  that day yesterday  the day before tomorrow  the following day e.g. ‘I am very happy today,’ said Susanna.  Susanna said (that) she was very happy that day.

10. 9 How many people are there in your family? Tony asked Ray how many people there were in his family.

11. 10 When we report a question, we have to:  change the tense  change the pronouns  change the time words  take away the quotation marks

12. 11 We also have to:  change the question mark to a full stop e.g. ‘How many people are there in your family?’ Tony asked Ray.  Tony asked Ray how many people there were in his family.

13. 12  change the order of words e.g. ‘How many people are there in your family?’ Tony asked Ray.  Tony asked Ray how many people there were in his family.