Reported Speech, reported questions and vocabulary

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Language reference
 Reported speech
 Reported questions
 Vocabulary

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Mike said to Isabel: “I had a terrible row
with Pauline a few days ago and she has
kicked me out.”
Mike told Isabel that he had had a terrible
row with Pauline a few days before and she
had kicked him out.
What differences can you
see in
these two sentences?
Statements

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Statements
• We use reported speech when we want
to tell someone what another person
said.
• We use reported verbs like say, tell,
explain, inform, etc. often followed
by that.

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Changes in reported speech
• Personal pronouns and possessive adjectives
change, e.g. I he/she, you I/we, my
his/her, your my
Adverbs of time: now then, yesterday
the day before, tomorrow the next
day, today that day, ago before
• Adverbs of place: here there,
etc.

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Tense changes
• Present Simple Past Simple
• Present Continuous Past Continuous
• Present Perfect Past Perfect
• Past Simple Past Perfect, Past
Simple

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Questions
• Mike said to Kyle: “Where are you going?”
• Mike asked Kyle where he was going.
• Mike said: “Are you all right, Kyle?”
• Mike asked Kyle if he was all right.
What differences can
you see in these sentences?

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Questions
• In wh– questions, we us
the wh- word + the subject + the verb.
• In yes/no questions, we use if/whether
+ the subject + the verb.
• We use reported verbs: ask, wonder,
want to know etc.

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Now do it by yourself!!!

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Now try to guess genres

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Thank you for listening 