Reported Speech Lesson

2. Sheila Sheila said:
Sheila said : “ “ I am
said: “I I am going to
am in dating run away
love with John.” with John.”
I’m in love Jonh.”
with John.

3. Sheila said
she was
Sheila said Sheila said going to run
that she that she was away with
was in love dating John. John.
with John.
I’m in love
with John.

4. present simple past simple
He said: “I'm a teacher.” He said he was a teacher
past continuous
present continuous
He said he was having lunch with his
He said “I'm having lunch with my parents.”
parents.
past perfect simple
present perfect simple
He said he had been to France three
He said “I've been to France three times.”
times.
present perfect continuous past perfect continuous
He said: “I've been working very hard.” He said he had been working very hard.
past simple past perfect
He said: “I bought a new car.” He said he had bought a new car.
past continuous past perfect continuous
He said: “It was raining earlier.” He said it had been raining earlier.
past perfect
past perfect
He said: “The play had started when I
NO CHANGE POSSIBLE
arrived.”
past perfect continuous
past perfect continuous
He said: I'd already been living in London for
NO CHANGE POSSIBLE
five years.”

5. would
will
He said: “I´ll come and see you soon.”
He said he would come and see
me soon.
can could
He said: “I can swim under water for two He said he could swim under
minutes.” water for two minutes.
must had to
He said: “All tickets must be bought in He said that all tickets had to be
advance.” bought in advance.
should
shall
He said: “What shall we do about it?”
He asked what we should do
about it.
may might
He said: “May I smoke?” He asked if he might smoke.

6. Wh-questions
John asked: “Where does she live:” He asked me where she lived
John asked: “Where is she:” He asked me where she was.
Yes-no questions
John asked: “Do you love me” He asked me if I loved him.
He asked me if I was a
John asked: “ Are you a teacher” teacher.

7. tell + infinitive
positive imperative He told me to shut up.
Shut up!
tell + not + infinitive
He told me not to stop
negative imperative the music!
Don't stop the music!

8. now then
today that day
here there
this that
this week that week
the following day
tomorrow the next day
the day after
the following week
next week the next week
the week after
the previous day
yesterday
the day before
the previous week
last week
the week before
previously
ago
before
2 weeks previously
2 weeks ago
2 weeks before
tonight that night
the previous Saturday
last Saturday
the Saturday before
the following Saturday
the next Saturday
next Saturday
the Saturday after
that Saturday

10. The solution!