Lisa said she was hungry. Charles said he liked cheeseburgers. Jim said he would go to London. Peter said that Tina had bought a house. Mark said he had been to the dentist. Thomas said that the aeroplane was going to crash. Roy asked if anything was wrong. The girl asked where the cinema was. Lisa asked if the food had been nice. The mother asked where the milk was. The teacher asked if they had done their homework. Lucy asked who that man was.

1. REPORTED SPEECH
• Reported statements
• Reported questions
Teacher: Ana Furtado

2. Reported Speech
I have to
study.
Direct Speech: “I have to study”
Reported Speech: She said she had to study.

3. Reported Statements
The restaurant is great.
She said that
the restaurant
was great.

4. Reported Statements
I will cook the dinner.
She said
she would
cook the
dinner.

5. Verb Changes
Direct Speech Reported Speech
Present Simple: I visit Past Simple: He visited
Present Continuous: I am Past Continuous: He was visiting
visiting
Past Simple. I visited Past Perfect: He had visited
Past Continuous: I was visiting Past Perfect Continuous: He had
been visiting
Present Perfect: I have visited Past Perfect: He had visited
Present Perfect Continuous: I Past Perfect Continuous: He had
have been visiting been visiting
Future: I will visit Conditional: He would visit
Future: I am going to visit Future in the Past: He was going
to visit

6. Other Changes
Direct Speech Reported Speech
Today That day
Yesterday The day before
Tomorrow The next / the following day
Next week / year The folowing week / year
Last week / year The previous week / year

7. Reported Questions
The word order should be: subject + verb.
We don’t use a question mark.
Where do you live?
She
asked me
where I
lived.

8. Reported Questions
If the question doesn’t have; why, who, where, when...
put if or whether.
Do you want to save the Earth?
He asked
me if I
wanted to
save the
Earth.

9. Change to Reported Speech:
1. Lisa - I’m hungry.
2. Charles – I like cheese burgers.
3. Jim – I will go to London.
4. Peter – Tina bought a house.
5. Mark – I’ve been to the dentist.
6. Thomas – The aeroplane is going to crash.

10. Change to Reported Questions:
1. Roy – Is anything wrong?
2. Girl – Where is the cinema?
3. Lisa – Was the food nice?
4. Mother – Where is the milk?
5. Teacher – Have you done your homework?
6. Lucy – Who is that man?