Bui Thi Thao

Truong Thuy Duong

Read the story of John and Moira in A.Then, work in pairs and complete their actual conversation in

B.

The marriage proposalA John greeted Moira and asked how

she was. She told him she was fine. He said it was great to see her. He added that they hadn’t seen each other since Paris. She said that she had loved Paris and asked if they could go back next spring. John said there was something he had to ask her. He told her that he loved her and asked if she would marry him and come to Paris on honeymoon. She said that she would and that she loved him too.

B J Hi, Moira. How are you? M I ____. Thanks. J It ____ to see you again. We ____

seen each other since Paris. M I ____ Paris. ____we ____back

next spring? J There ____ something I ____ to

ask you. I ____ you. ____ you ____ me and come to Paris on honeymoon?

M Yes, I ____ . I ____you, too.

Which takes place face to face and which is told by another

person?

REPORTED STATEMENTS REPORTED QUESTIONS REPORTED COMMANDS, REQUESTS, ETC… EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES PRACTICE

Ex 1 : They say to us, “ We don’t like you ” They tell us they don’t like you.Ex 2 : My sister said to me, “ I want you to help me with my homework.” My sister tells me she wants me to help her with her homework.

A/ Main clause: say to -> tell said to -> told

B/ Subordinate clause: 1/ Persons:Mary: “ I love you, John.”

Mary tells John she loves him. 2/ Tenses changes in reported statements: move “ one tense back” if the reporting verb is in the

past tense.Present Past

Present perfect Past Perfect Past Past Perfect

Note: Past Perfect No change

Work / works workedAm / is / are + doing was / were doingHave / has + been + running had + been + runningHave/ has + built had + builtShall / will + sing should / would + singCan + be + sailing could + be + sailingMay + have + gone might + have + goneWill + have + been + staying would + have + been + stayingHad + come had + comeHad + been + standing had + been + standingWill + have + left would + have + leftWill + have + been + playing would + have + been + playingWaited had + waitedWas / were + talking had + been + talkingCould + say could + have + saidCould + be + sleeping could + have + been + sleeping

Ex: “I’m going.” He said he was going. “She’s passed her test.” She said she had passed her

test.

There is no tense change if:

The reporting verb is in the present tense.Ex : “The train will be late.” He says the train will be late.

The reported speech is about something that is still true.Ex : “Rain forests are being destroyed.” She told him that the rain forest are being

destroyed. “I hate football.” I told him I hate football.

Some modal verbs change, other ones don’t change:Ex : “You should go to bed.” He told me I should go to bed.“It might rain.” She said she thought it might rain.

Must stays as must, or change to had to.Ex : “I must go.” He said he must / had to go.

3/ Places / Time:

This thatThese thoseHere thereCome here go there, get there

now thenright now right then, at onceago beforethis day, today that daytonight that nightyesterday the day before, the previous daylast night the night before, the previous dayyesterday morning the morning before, the previous morningtomorrow the following daytomorrow evening the following eveningnext week the following weeklast year the year before, the previous yearthe day before yesterday two days before, two days earlierthe day after tomorrow in two days’ time.

There is no inversion of subject and auxiliary verb and there is

no do/does/did. Say, say to, tell ask, require, want to know, wonder, etc...Said, said to, told asked, required, wanted to know, wondered, etc...

Ex : “Why have you come here?”

I asked her why she had come here. “What time is it?”

He wants to know what time it is. “Where do you live?”

She asked me where I lived.

Note: We do not use a question mark in a reported question.We do not use say in reported questions.

If there is no question word, use if or whether:

Ex : She wants to know If / Whether she should wear a dress.

Say, say to tell, ask, require, order, beg, advise, warn, etc.Said, said to told, asked, required, ordered, begged, advised, warned, etc.

VERB + PERSON + TO + INFINITIVE

Ex : They told us to go away. They asked me to look after their cat. He urged the teachers to go back to

work.For negative commands, use not before to.Ex : He told me not to tell anyone.The police warn people not to go out.

1. Choose an appropriate verb.2. Use adverb to express emotional feelings.3. Use “THAT” compulsorily.4. Delete exclamatory words.5. Change structure of the sentence from

exclamatory sentence to normal one.

Ex : - Terry (to Jane): “Let’s go to a pub”, but she answerd “No, let’s not. Let’s go to Regent’s Park. Look! The sun’s shining.”

Terry suggested going to a pub but Jane disagreed. She suggested going to Regent’s park because the sun was shining.

- They said, “Hurrah! We’ve won the game.” They cheered up happily that their team had won the game.

TASK 1:

Exercises with

Reported Statements and

Questions.

TASK 2:

Exercises with Reported Commands.