Ive just bought a new car, but i cant drive it, my mother told me. Reported speech or indirect speech free english grammar. It isnt so foggy today as it was yesterday, i remarked. In case 2, the witness is reporting what the speaker has said matter and it is known as indirect speech. Could you please bring your textbooks to school every day.
This is an interactive activity for teachers and students. Page 1 direct and indirect speech rules pdf table of contents identify reported speech and reported speech direct and indirect speech punctuation rules use of conjunction that rules for changing pronouns in indirect speech indirect speech rules for all tenses rules for change in time and adverb in indirect speech. With their new partner, have the students share the answers provided by their previous partner. She said that she would have visited the hospital, if she had known i was sick.
A summary of the form of tense changes in reported speech. Reported speech, whereby we quote the words of others, is used in many different types of interaction. Reported speech is also known as indirect speech and is used to tell somebody else what another person said. Circulate around the room to ensure that students are using reported. In direct speech we repeat exactly what someone said. In this case, there are various possibilities for reported speech. She asked me if i arrived had arrived before seven. This is a printout exercise about reported questions in english keywords. Keep reading to understand how to use reported speech and download this free english lesson.
Flor borja calle ies pucol what does reported speech mean. Jun 08, 2017 reported speech exercise june 8, 2017 we often make a speakers words or thoughts part of our own sentence, using conjunctions e. This is a handout i prepared for my students to learn reported speech. Verbs in the present simple change to the past simple. She told me that they went had gone out last night the night before. Mike bought a bike shortly before i spoke to him last. Direct speech is found in conversations in books, in.
He said i dont like football in reported speech, however, we tell what someone said without repeating his exact words. We can summarise the form of tense changes from direct speech to reported speech as follows. Reported speech worksheet rewrite the conversation in reported speech 1. For instance, we may now be reporting what was said from the point of view of a different time or place, or the person reporting the speech may be different to. Reported speech exercise direct reported is seeing was seeing sees saw saw sawhad seen has seen had seen will see would see is going to see was going to see can see could see direct reported here there this that these those now then today that day. Lesson b reported speech 1 english file students site. English grammar reported speech 1 reported speech direct and indirect or reported speech.
Sometimes someone says a sentence, for example im going to the cinema tonight. The teacher wanted to know who had discovered america. Reported speech reported statements when do we use reported speech. Pdf reported speech and semidirectness in agul 2010.
Introduction there are two ways of relating what a person has said. The big picture images and reported speech introduction. He said that it must be pretty late and he really must go. Whenever we use reported speech, we have to take into account how circumstances have changed since the speaker originally spoke the words. Using reported speech in english can sometimes be difficult for nonnative speakers as we usually change the verbs, pronouns and specific times. Arden said that a volcanic eruption will occur next year. Tense direct speech reported tense reported speech present simple i am very happy past simple james said he was very happy.
Tell always has an indirect object, except in some expressions like tell the time, tell the truth. Please, switch off your mobile phone, the air hostess told him. Print out enough colour copies of the pictures for your class to be split into pairs and share at least four. Most likely your students are guilty of hypercorrection. Direct speech reported speech present simple we eat healthy food he said. Dont bathe when the red flag is flying the lifeguard said to us. The expression lets is usually reported using suggest. Students english file students site preintermediate third edition grammar file 12 lesson b reported speech 1 grammar.
Luckily, my friend is a photographer so he hell take the photos for us. Reported speech mixed exercise 2 when i used said you can also use told me 1. Though, their example use of were could possibly be considered to be a dialectal extended use of irrealis were according to the 2002 cgel where the usual expectation for indirect reported speech would be either the backshifted preterite was or the nonbackshifted am. Reported speech exercises change the following sentences into reported speech. When the main idea of a speakers words is reported by another person and the exact words are not quoted, it is called indirect speech or reported speech. Reported speech exercise june 8, 2017 we often make a speakers words or thoughts part of our own sentence, using conjunctions e. In the second example, the use of the past tense in the reported clause suggests that the speaker is more uncertain as to whether what the forecast said is correct.
Reported speech or indirect speech free english grammar lesson. If you want to learn english grammar or grow your vocabulary then these resources will help you with your studies. Tenses in reported speech tenses in reported speech are more past because were not talking at the same time as the speake. If will is the modal in the reported utterance and expresses future time, and if the situation described in the quote still holds true at the time of the indirect report, the will may not be changed to would even though the reporting verb is in the past tense. I cant understand why billiards has been prohibited. Reported speech we use reported speech when we want to tell someone what someone said. Later, maybe we want to tell someone else what the first person said.
These are the exact words frank said to you yesterday. White, janice, you have to clean up your room and empty the dish washer before you leave for the game. Remarks thus repeated are placed between inverted commas, and a comma is placed immediately before the remark. Once students have converted their partners direct speech to reported speech, have them stand up and find a new partner. Additional information and exceptions in reported speech. Includes helpful articles, a glossary, quizzes, and a large language reference. Well be having the reception in my parents back garden. Reported speech y miscellanea y verbos vocabulario cotidiano 1. Paper presented at the workshop reported speech in east caucasian languages, lyon, 22 september 2010. Past simple i ate pancakes for breakfast past perfect james said he had eaten pancakes for breakfast. In this revealing study, a team of leading experts explore how reported speech is designed. Convert the direct yesno questions to indirect speech statements reported speech. This could be wrong depending on the time between mike telling ted, and ted speaking. Tom said that the roads had have been also very crowded that morning and she had driven a lot faster then.
For instance, we may now be reporting what was said from the point of view of a different time or place, or the person reporting the speech may be different to the original speaker. When the actual words of the speaker are reproduced, it is called direct speech. But the roads were also crowed this morning and you drove a lot faster then. Tom said that he would see mary the next friday, and that she would have finished her exams then. Change pronouns and time expressions where necessary. Reported speech exercise direct reported is seeing was seeing sees saw saw sawhad seen has seen had seen will see would see is going to see was going to see can see could see direct reported here there this that these those now then today that day yesterday the previous day tomorrow the next day. Direct speech i am in my house now indirect speech he was in his house then conversion to indirect speech following are some golden rules and easy steps to convert direct indirect speech. Reported speech english grammar today cambridge dictionary.
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