1. REPORTING STATEMENTS (Part 2)
Reported speech
REPORTING STATEMENTS (Part 2)

2. For reporting statements, we remove quotation
marks and internal capital letters. We can add
the word “that” if we want.
When the introductory verb is in a present,
present perfect or future tense we can report
the direct speech without any change of tense.
Only necessary pronoun changes are made.
I am drinking tea.
Burhan says that he is drinking tea.
No tense change

3. You are getting fat.
She is saying to me that I am getting fat.
I am not your slave
Kate has told Brian that she is not his slave

4. We are teachers
at BAL.
They are saying that they are teachers at BAL.
They say that they are teachers at BAL.
They have said that they are teachers at BAL.
They will say that they are teachers at BAL.
They are going to say that they are teachers at BAL.

5. Changes in Pronouns I / You Us/you Mine/yours Ours/yours
In indirect speech, we have some changes in person: However, these changes are not true for all cases. We should decide about the changes according to the context.
Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
I / You
Us/you
Mine/yours
Ours/yours
Myself/yourself
Ourselves/yourselves
Our/your
My/your
He / She
them/her-him
His/hers
Theirs/ours
Himself/herself
Themselves
Their/our
His/her

6. Karen has said to Burhan that she calls her boyfriend every day
Example sentences
I call my my boy friend every day
Karen has said to Burhan that she calls her boyfriend every day

7. “I will read your composition”.
“I will speak to you” Fatima to Hasan. Fatima has said to Hasan she will speak to him.
“I would like to give you a lift,” Bekir to Nuriye
Bekir has told Nuriye he would like to give her a lift.
“I will read your composition”.
The teacher is saying to Aisha he will read her composition.
“I helped you yesterday”, Hasan told me.
Hasan has told me that he helped me the previous day.
(I=he you=me)

8. Now, let’s make some practice
Now, let’s make some practice. Change the following into reported speech.
Mary, “I love chocolate.” What is Mary saying?
Mary is saying that she loves chocolate.
Mustapha,”I went to school yesterday.” What has Mustapha told you?
Mustapha has told me that he went to school yesterday.
Meryem,“I will eat shish Kebab for dinner.” What does Mary say to Ahmad?
Meryem says to Ahmad that she will eat shish kebab for dinner.
Mehmet says to münevver, “Your pen is on my table.”
Mehmet says to Münevver that her pen is on his table.

9. She is saying that she likes chocolate
I like chocolate
What is she saying?
She is saying that she likes chocolate

10. I went to the concert yesterday
What has Mustafa told you?
He has told me that he went to the concert yesterday.

11. I will go shopping with my mother
What does Mary say to Ahmet?
She says to him (that) she will go shopping with her mother.

12. Your pen is on my table.
What will Mehmet say to Münevver?
He will say to her that her pen is on his table.

13. Now, it is your turn. Make sentences and change them into Reported speech. Use different tenses in your sentences. Please take heed of the tense in the reported sentence. It should be present.

14. While reporting statements, the most commonly-used reporting words are SAY and TELL. What is the difference between them?
We do not use TO after TELL but we use TO after SAY.
He said to me that he …….. He told me that he …
SAY to somebody something
TELL somebody something

15. We must say who we are talking to after TELL, however we don’t have to do it after SAY. He has told me, I will tell him, we told them … etc. (The boss told that they …) He has said that he is hungry. She is saying that she is not happy.
We use tell in expressions Tell a story, tell the truth, tell a lie, tell the time, tell the future

16. We can use SAY with direct questions, but we cannot use TELL.
She said: "Do you love me?" She told me, “Do you love me?”
The policeman said to the prisoner, "Where were you at 8pm?"

17. CHANGES IN TENSES
Indirect Speech is usually introduced by a verb in the past form, e.g. said/told… etc. Then we normally move the tenses one step back in time.
DIRECT SPEECH
INDIRECT SPEECH
PRESENT SIMPLE
PAST SIMPLE
“I’m a doctor,” he said.
“I never get up late,” he said.
He said he was a doctor.
He said that he never got up late.

18. PRACTICE TIME I go to school every day. What did she say?
She said she went to school every day.

19. “My daughter is a student at METU.”
What did Anne tell you?
Anne told me that her daughter was a student at METU.

20. Now, it is your turn. Make sentences using PRESENT SIMPLE and report them please.

21. CHANGES IN TENSES PRACTICE TIME “I’m not speaking, “she said.
DIRECT SPEECH
CHANGES IN TENSES
INDIRECT SPEECH
PAST CONTINUOUS
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
“I’m not speaking, “she said.
“I am working on my thesis,” he said.
She said she wasn’t speaking.
He said that he was working on his thesis.
PRACTICE TIME
“I am planning to take a trip to your hometown.” Efsun said to Kemal.
Efsun said to Kemal that she was planning to take a trip to his hometown.
“You are playing the piano in my room.” What did I tell you?
You told me that I was playing the piano in your room.

22. Now, it is your turn. Make sentences using PRESENT CONT and report them please.

23. CHANGES IN TENSES PRACTICE TIME “I went to school“ he said.
DIRECT SPEECH
CHANGES IN TENSES
INDIRECT SPEECH
PAST PERFECT
PAST SIMPLE
“I went to school“ he said.
“We stayed at home” they said.
He said he had gone to school.
They said that they had stayed at home
PRACTICE TIME
“We didn’t have breakfast” Rumeysa to Talha.
Rumeysa told Talha that she didn’t have breakfast.
“I saw your father.” What did he say to her?
He said to her that he had seen her father.

24. Now, it is your turn. Make sentences using PAST SIMPLE and report them please.

25. CHANGES IN TENSES PRACTICE TIME “I haven’t done it“ he said.
DIRECT SPEECH
CHANGES IN TENSES
INDIRECT SPEECH
PAST PERFECT
RESENT PERFECT
“I haven’t done it“ he said.
“I’ve applied for a job” she said
He said he hadn’t done it.
She said that she had applied for a job.
PRACTICE TIME
“I have found you guilty.” Burhan told İrem.
Burhan told İrem he had found her guilty.
“Murat has studied English for two years.” Selma to Şevket.
Selma said to Şevket Murat had studied English for two years.

26. Now, it is your turn. Make sentences using PRESENT PERFECT and report them please.

27. CHANGES IN TENSES PRACTICE TIME He said he had been reading.
DIRECT SPEECH
CHANGES IN TENSES
INDIRECT SPEECH
PAST PERFECT CONT. OR NO CHANGE
PAST CONTINUOUS
He said he had been reading.
He said he was reading.
“I was reading” he said.
PRACTICE TIME
“My mother was mending your socks” What did Musa tell Melahat?
Musa told Melahat that his mother was mending her socks”
“Your sister was doing my homework.” Perihan to Serkan.
Perihan said to Sekan that his sister was doing her homework.

28. Now, it is your turn. Make sentences using PAST CONT and report them please.

29. CHANGES IN TENSES PRACTICE TIME He said, “I had finished it”.
DIRECT SPEECH
CHANGES IN TENSES
INDIRECT SPEECH
PAST PERFECT
PAST PERFECT
He said, “I had finished it”.
They said, “Ahmet had stolen it.”
He said he had finished it.
They said that Ahmet had stolen it.
PRACTICE TIME
“My father had had swine flu before.” What did you say to Selin?
I said to Selin that my father had had swine flu before.
“We had not gone to the cinema.” Tolga to Addison.
Tolga told Addison that they had not gone to the cinema.

30. Now, it is your turn. Make sentences using PAST PERFECT and report them please.

31. CHANGES IN TENSES PRACTICE TIME He said he would get it.
DIRECT SPEECH
CHANGES IN TENSES
INDIRECT SPEECH
WOULD IN THE PAST
WILL FUTURE
He said he would get it.
He said that he would go to school.
“I will get it,” he said.
He said,” I will go to school”.
PRACTICE TIME
“My mother will be sent to Spain.” What did You say to Hasan?
You said to Hasan that your mother would be sent to Spain.
“We will not go to the cinema.” Tolga to Addison.
Tolga told Addison that they would not go to the cinema.

32. Now, it is your turn. Make sentences using W
Now, it is your turn. Make sentences using W ILL FUTURE and report them please.

33. Changes in time & place words
Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
Tomorrow
The next day, the following day, the day after
Today
That day, the same day
Yesterday
The previous day, the day before
Now
Then (or is often omitted)
The day before yesterday
Two days before
The day after tomorrow
In two days’ time
Two days ago
Two days before, two days earlier
Next week/year
The following week/year
Last week/year
The previous week/year
Tomorrow morning
The next morning, the following morning
Yet
Up till then, yet
Here
There (depending on the context)
Come
Go (depending on the context)

34. She said that she would run the following day.
I will run tomorrow.
What did she say?
She said that she would run the following day.
I am doing my homework now.
What did she say?
She said that she was doing her homwork then.

35. The children said, “We won’t go to the cinema tonight”.
The children said that they wouldn’t go to the cinema that night.
Peter told me, “I paid the bill the day before yesterday”
Peter told me that he had paid the bill two days before.
Diana said, “I fell in love with my swimming teacher ten years ago.”
Diana said that she had fallen in love with her swimming teacher ten years before.
The workers had said,” We didn’t have breakfast this morning”.
The workers had said that they hadn’t had breakfast that morning.

36. Now, it is your turn. Make sentences using the time and place words and report them please.