Welcome to this tutorial today we're going to talk about reported speech.
Let's get started.
Well we want to tell somebody would someone else have said we can use either direct speech meaning exact
words in quotation marks or in their wrecked speech which are also known as reported speech.
Now the latter variant is more common.
How could look at the examples over here.
Let's said I work as a nanny.
Now this is a direct speech.
Let's said that she works as a nanny and this is a reported speech
now in reported speech.
The reporting verb can stay in the present simple if the original word are still true or repeated very
often happen.
Look at the example below.
Pam always tells me that she is going to get a gym membership.
Now the verb is in the present simple because this is something that Pam always sees and if something
is no longer true or happens some time ago there is a back shift of tenses and reported speech.
For example we can use the past simple instead of the present simple.
Now let's have a look at the back shift of tenses present simple to pass simple example of a direct
speech.
I like this movie reported speech.
Kate told me that she liked that movie present continuous to pass continuous direct speech I'm working
on the important project reported speech.
Jim said that he was working on the important project past simple to pass perfect direct speech.
We bought a house reported speech the Smiths said that they had bought a house present perfect to pass
perfect direct speech.
I have known Mr. Ola for ages reported speech Peter claimed that he had known Mr. Ola for ages
present perfect continuous to pass perfect continuous direct speech.
I have them waiting for you for an hour report a speech.
Mike complained that he had been waiting for me for an hour pass continuous to pass perfect continuous
direct speech.
We were working day and night.
Reported speech.
They told me that they had been working day and night.
Will two would direct speech.
I will see you tomorrow.
Reported speech.
Andrew told me that he would see me the following day.
Ken could direct speech.
Can you open this jar reported speech.
Betty asked me if I could open that jar.
Note that we also need to change time or place expressions and demonstrators in reported speech.
Have a look at the table below.
Now in direct speech we use today reported speech that day now.
Then yesterday the day before these cycle days before last week the week before next year the following
year.
Tomorrow the next or the following day.
Here there this that these those now the structure ofthe reported clause depends on whether we are reporting
a statement a question or an imperative a statement consisting of a reporting clause and a reported
clause.
Begin with that although we can admit that in informal speech.
Have a look at the example below.
My sister told me that she wanted to move to China for a year.
Note that that can be admitted in informal speech
be yes or no questions and questions with or consist of a reporting clause and a reported clause.
Begin with if or whether note that the reported clause does not retain the word order of questions.
Make sure to use if or whether plus subject plus verb instead.
Have a look at the examples below.
My boss asked me if or whether I had written the report on Thursday if or whether I subject had written
verb my boss asked me if or whether I had written a report on Thursday or Friday w which questions consist
of a reporting clause and a reported clause beginning with W which word such as who what when where
why or how.
Note the D reported clause does not retain the word order of questions.
Make sure to use if or whether plus subject plus verb instead.
Have a look at the examples below.
Jack wanted to know what happened to our colleague.
The police was investigating who lived in that building see imperatives imperatives consist of a reporting
clause and a reported clause beginning with not two class infinitive.
Having a look at the examples below.
My mom told me not to come home very late.
She also asked me to buy some bread.