Direct Speech / Quoted Speech
Here what a person says appears within quotation marks ("…") and should be word for word.
For example:
She said, "Today’s lesson is on presentations."
or
"Today’s lesson is on presentations," she said.
Indirect Speech / Reported Speech
When reporting speech the tense usually changes. This is because when we use reported speech, we are usually talking about a time in the past (because obviously the person who spoke originally spoke in the past). The verbs therefore usually have to be in the past too.
For example:
Direct speech Indirect speech "I’m going to the cinema", he said. He said he was going to the cinema.
Tense change
Direct speech Indirect speech Present simple
She said, "It’s cold."
› Past simple
She said it was cold. Present continuous
She said, "I’m teaching English online." › Past continuous
She said she was teaching English online. Present perfect simple
She said, "I’ve been on the web since 1999." › Past perfect simple
She said she had been on the web since 1999. Present perfect continuous
She said, "I’ve been teaching English for seven years." › Past perfect continuous
She said she had been teaching English for seven years. Past simple
She said, "I taught online yesterday." › Past perfect
She said she had taught online yesterday. Past continuous
She said, "I was teaching earlier." › Past perfect continuous
She said she had been teaching earlier. Past perfect
She said, "The lesson had already started when he arrived." › Past perfect
NO CHANGE – She said the lesson had already started when he arrived. Past perfect continuous
She said, "I’d already been teaching for five minutes." › Past perfect continuous
NO CHANGE – She said she’d already been teaching for five minutes.
Direct speech Indirect speech will
She said, "I’ll teach English online tomorrow." › would
She said she would teach English online tomorrow. can
She said, "I can teach English online."
› could
She said she could teach English online. must
She said, "I must have a computer to teach English online." › had to
She said she had to have a computer to teach English online. shall
She said, "What shall we learn today?" › should
She asked what we should learn today. may
She said, "May I open a new browser?" › might
She asked if she might open a new browser.
Direct speech Indirect speech "I might go to the cinema", he said. He said he might go to the cinema.
Direct speech Indirect speech "My name is Lynne", she said. She said her name was Lynne.
or
She said her name is Lynne.
Direct speech (exact quote) Indirect speech (not exact) "Next week’s lesson is on reported speech ", she said. She said next week’s lesson is on reported speech.
Time change
For example we need to change words like here and yesterday if they have different meanings at the time and place of reporting.
Today + 24 hours – Indirect speech "Today’s lesson is on presentations." She said yesterday’s lesson was on presentations. Expressions of time if reported on a different day this (evening) › that (evening) today › yesterday … these (days) › those (days) now › then (a week) ago › (a week) before last weekend › the weekend before last / the previous weekend here › there next (week) › the following (week) tomorrow › the next/following day
For example:-
At work At home "How long have you worked here?" She asked me how long I’d worked there.
Pronoun change
For example:
Me You "I teach English online." She said she teaches English online.
Reporting Verbs
We use asked to report questions:-
For example: I asked Lynne what time the lesson started.
We use told with an object.
For example: Lynne told me she felt tired.
!Note – Here me is the object.
We usually use said without an object.
For example: Lynne said she was going to teach online.
If said is used with an object we must include to ;
For example: Lynne said to me that she’d never been to China.
!Note – We usually use told.
For example: Lynne told me that she’d never been to China.
There are many other verbs we can use apart from said, told and asked.
These include:-
For example:
He asked me to come to the party:-
He invited me to the party. He begged me to come to the party. He ordered me to come to the party. He advised me to come to the party. He suggested I should come to the party.
Use of ‘That’ in reported speech
For example: He told me that he lived in Greenwich.
However, that is optional.
For example: He told me he lived in Greenwich.
!Note – That is never used in questions, instead we often use if.
For example: He asked me if I would come to the party
Activity
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thank u so much
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Tanks……………………………………… ………….
بارك الله فيك وجزاك الفردوس انشاء الله
your well coom gays
لا شكر على واجب
شكرا على لمجهود المبذول لكن لم افهم شيء