REPORTED SPEECH

Use REPORTED SPEECH to________.

• talk about finished completed action in the past.

• describe an action that started in the past and is ongoing in the present.

• report and summarize what someone said in the past.

• describe present actions.

When we use the reported speech, change the _____.

• articles: a, an, the

• the pronouns: I, you, she, he, it, me, her, him, us, you

  The verb tenses: from the present to the past.

• Only object pronouns: me, you, him, her, them,

• Only subject pronouns: I, you, she, he, it, we, they.

Direct speech: we are here for the storytelling workshop.

Reported speech: _________________________.

• They said, "we are here for the storytelling workshop"

• they said that they are here for the storytelling workshop.

• They said that they were there for the storytelling workshop.

Direct speech: what time does the workshop start?

Reported speech: He asked what time the workshop_____.

• start

• started

Direct speech: Have you heard the story before?

Reported Speech: The novelists asked me ____ we had heard the story before.

• if/whether

• that

Direct speech: We wrote these stories ourselves.

Reported speech: The children said that they had written the stories_____.

• ourselves

• themselves

I am really tired. I am going to bed.

She said (that) __________. ___________.

Sorry, I am late. I missed the bus.

Reported speech: He told her______________.

• he is late. he miss the bus.

• he was late. he had missed the bus.

• he was late. he missed the bus.

I'll do it tomorrow.

REPORTED SPEECH: You promised ________.

Sorry, I can't come. I'm working late.

REPORTED SPEECH: I said _____________.

• I can't come. I'm working late.

• I was sorry I couldn't come. I was working late.

• I worked late.

• I am sorry. I couldn't come. I am working late.