REPORTED SPEECH STATEMENTS USE Report explain the things

REPORTED SPEECH STATEMENTS

USE • Report / explain the things that other people say I write songs.

What we need to know… What is direct speech? “I write songs” Concret e words What is reported speech? She said that she wrote songs say or tell Verbs, possessives and time references change. 1 tense back

Reporting a sentence: present simple and present continous Present simple “I write songs” Billie said. Present continous “I am baking a cake” Laura said. Past simple Billie said she wrote songs. Past continous Laura said she was baking a cake.

Reporting a sentence: past simple and present perfect Past simple “I did a lot of exercises” Jordi said. Past Perfect Jordi said he had done a lot of exercises Present perfect He said he had read many books “I have read many books” he said. Past Perfect He said he had read many books

Reporting: Will, may, can, must / have to Will Would “I will buy two tickets” she said. She said she would buy two tickets. Can Could “We can run very fast” they told me. They told me they could run very fast. May Might “She may be late” her friend said. Her friend said she might be late. Must/ have to Had to “We must/ have to do lots of homework” they said. They said they had to do lots of homework.

Remember! • Pronouns and possessive adjectives also change! • Could, would, should and might do not change from direct to reported speech. SAY + SOMETHING TELL + SOMEONE + SOMETHING She said …. (me) She told me

TIME REFERENCES This That Here There Last night The night before Today That day Next _____ The following ____ Yesterday The day before Last _____ The previous Tomorrow The following day A ____ ago A ______ before Last night The night before