Reported Speech STATEMENTS

You use "reported speech" to...

• Quote someone's exact words

• Quote what other people said

• Answer someone's questions

• None of the answers is correct

What are the most common "reporting verbs"?

• say & tell

• said & played

• said & told

• told & stole

In "reported speech", PRESENT SIMPLE turns into...

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

• Future

• Past Simple

What do we change in "reported speech"?

• Verbs tenses, pronouns and time and place expressions

• Verb tenses and pronouns

• We don't change anything

• None of the answers is correct

Simon said: "I like playing football"

Ann said: "We went to the cinema yesterday"

Ann said they had gone to the cinema _______________

Robert said: "She will go to a concert tomorrow"

Robert said she ___________ to a concert the following day.

In "reported speech" THIS turns into...

• THOSE

• THESE

• THIS

• THAT

In "reported speech" TODAY turns into...

• that day

• tomorrow

• this day

• today

Paul said: "We bought apples yesterday".