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Reported commands & Reported Question

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When do we use it?

• REPORTED SPEECH is used to tell what someone said. Yet, we do not repeat all the words exactly.

• REAL WORDS (direct speech): Tom said: “We are going to the cinema this afternoon.”

• REPORTED SPEECH:Tom said that they were going to the cinema that afternoon.

Reported Speech


I study 2nd BAT

Name

May

2?

May

3

NameName

He has said, “I study 2nd BAT”

?

NameName

He has said that he studies 2nd BAT

DirectSpeech

IndirectSpeech

Name

Direct / Indirect Speech

Changes

• Types of changes:1. Verb Tenses2. Time and place adverbial expressions3. Logical change of pronouns

• EXAMPLE– DIRECT: Mary said: “They are seeing me tomorrow”– REPORTED: Mary said that they were seeing her the following

day

I study 2nd BAT

Name

May

2

?May

2

NameName

He says that he studies 2nd BAT

?He has said that he

studies 2nd BAT

? He said that he studied/studies 2nd BAT

? He is going to say that he studies 2nd BAT

May

2

May

25

May

1

Introductory verb in present/present perfect/future no changeIntroductory verb in past change

Name

Changes in Indirect Speech

Verb Tenses

DIRECT SPEECH

• PRESENT – We study – We are studying

• PAST – We studied – We were studying

• FUTURE – We will study

REPORTED SPEECH

• PAST• She said that they studied• She said that they were studying

• PAST PERFECT• She said that they had studied• She said that they had been studying

• CONDITIONAL• She said that they would study

Changes in Modals

DIRECT SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH

CAN COULD

MAY MIGHT

MUST / HAVE TO MUST / HAD TO

WILL WOULD

1. CommandsApril

24

Name

Stop!

Give me your projects, please.

Don’t walk!

• The teacher told us to stop.

• He told us not to walk.

• He told us to give him our projects.

Name Name

• Introductory Verb: Instead of “tell” you can use “order” or “warn,” etc.

Ex, The policeman ordered them to stop.

April

25


Reported commands

Description of the contents

Reported commands

When a command or request is reported, the indirect speech is introduced by a verb expressing command or request. We also change the imperative mood into the infinitive.

The IMPERATIVE verbal form turns into TO + “INFINITIVE” (Affirmative) NOT + TO + “INFINITIVE” (Negative)

• Examples.-

– Father: "Do your homework!“ Father told me to do my homework.– Teacher. "Don't talk to your mate!" The teacher told me not to talk

to my mate.


Example

Ejemplos incluyen:

Example

a) Reported Wh-questions

Reported Questions

There are two types of questions:

b)Reported yes / no

questions


Let’s see how we change the type

a) wh-questions into reported speech.

a) Peter asked Mary, “Who did you meet at the party last night?”

Mary can report what Peter said like this:

Peter asked Mary who she had met at the party

the night before / the previous night.

Reported Questions


When you report a wh-question into reported question, you will see that:~ the introductory verb is asked, not said;

~ the question word who is kept;

~ the word order becomes subject (she) verb (met)

~ the substance ends with a full stop(.);

not a question mark(?) and

~ the verb tense, pronoun and time expression change in the same way as in reported statements.

Reported Questions


Now, let’s practise some questions.

Exercise 1

Direct question:

Dora asked Tom, “Where is my book?”

Reported questions: Dora asked Tom where her book was.

a)

Where is my book?

Example


b)

Direct question:Mark asked Helen, “What are you doing this afternoon?”

Reported question: Mark asked Helen what she was doing that afternoon.

What are you doing this afternoon?

Example


Here change the type b) yes / no questions into reported questions.

When you report a yes / no question, you need to use if. Don’t forget to change any verb tenses, pronouns and time expressions.

e.g. (a)

John asked Bill if he was ready to go swimming.

Are you ready to go swimming?


It’s the time to practise!

Exercise 2:

a)

Direct question: Bob asked Mimi, “Are you going to the concert with your brother next Friday?”

Reported question: Bob asked Mimi if she was going to the concert with her brother the following Friday.

Are you going to theconcert with your brother next Friday?


b)

Direct question:

Ann asked Paul, “Were you at Alice’s party

last night? ”

Reported question:

Ann asked Paul if he had been at Alice’s party the previous night / the night before.

Were you at Alice’s party last night?


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