This document provides information about reported speech, including how to change statements, questions, requests and orders into reported speech. It explains that pronouns, time expressions and verb tenses need to be changed. Examples are provided for changing direct speech into indirect reported speech, including changing statements from present to past tense, past to past perfect, and questions from direct to indirect form. Activities are suggested for practicing reported speech transformations.

1. Unit 9
REPORTED SPEECH
•Statements
•Request and Orders
•Questions
3º ESO

2. VOCABULARY: Honesty and morals
• Break a/your promise
• Break the law
• Do something wrong
• Feel guilty about
something
• Hurt someone’s feelings
• Keep a / your promise
• Keep quiet about
something
• Make a mistake
• Make a excuse
• Make something up
• Pretend to be/do
something
• Tell a lie
• Tell the truth

3. • Page 75 student’s book
– After reading the text you are going to choose
three situations you agree o don’t agree with and
you are going to translate them into Spanish in
your notebook

4. VOCABULARY: Reporting Verbs
• Admit
• Agree
• Ask
• Complain
• Convince
• Explain
• Insist
• Invite
• Offer
• Order
• Persuade
• Promise
• Refuse
• Remind
• Say
• Tell

5. Reported Speech
When you talk with someone there are 2 ways
of doing it
DIRECTLY
“I have lost my umbrella”
INDIRECTLY
She said (that) she had
lost her umbrella

6. Reported Speech
DIRECTLY
“I have lost my umbrella”
INDIRECTLY
She said (that) she had lost her umbrella
The first one is placed between inverted
commas and can be found in conversations in
books, plays or quotations.

7. Reported Speech
DIRECTLY
“I have lost my umbrella”
INDIRECTLY
She said (that) she had lost her umbrella
In the second one we explain what the speaker has
said, not repeating his / her exact words.
(THAT) can be ommited and we use some verbs as
SAY, TELL, EXPLAIN…to introduce our sentence

8. • She said, “My birthday party is tonight”
• She said that her birthday party was that night
Appart from verbs, 1st and 2nd pronouns and
possessive adjectives normally change
I ( HE / SHE ) “ I live in Paris” - She said that she lived in Paris
ME ( HIM/ HER)
MY( HIS/ HER)
MINE( HIS/ HER)
WE ( THEY …)
“ He loves me” - She said that he loved her
“ I like my bike” - He said that he liked his bike
“ It is mine” - She said that is was his
“ We live in Paris” - They said that they lived in
Paris

9. • She said, “My birthday party is tonight”
• She said that her birthday party was that night
Apart from verbs, 1st and 2nd pronouns and
possessive adjectives, expression times usually
change
TODAY (THAT DAY )
“ I am leaving TODAY” - She said that she was living THAT
DAY
TOMORROW ( THE
PREVIOUS DAY)
YESTERDAY ( THE
PREVIOUS DAY)
NOW( THEN)
THIS ( THAT…)
“I am leaving TOMORROW” - She said that she was living
THE PREVIOUS DAY
“she left YESTERDAY” - She said that she had left THE
NEXT DAY
“ I’m leaving NOW” - She said that she was leaving THEN
“ I love THIS book” - They said that she loved THAT book
WHY?
Because you are not going
to repeat the conversation
in that moment,
maybe you will repeat it two
days later

10. You will use this structure in
• ORDERS / REQUEST
– “Shut up!!!!”
• STATEMENTS
– “If you are not quiet you will be expelled”
• QUESTIONS
– “Did you do your homework?”
– “What are you doing with these scissors?”

11. The three of them have their own
rules
• ORDERS / REQUEST
– “Shut up!!!!”
• He ordered us TO shut up
• STATEMENTS
– “If you are not quiet you will be expelled”
• She told us THAT if we weren’t quiet we would be expelled
• QUESTIONS
– “Did you do your homework?”
• She asked us IF I had done my homework
– “What are you doing with these scissors?”
• She wanted to know WHAT I was doing with those scissors

12. REQUESTS AND ORDERS
• When you make and ORDER it can be either
AFFIRMATIVE or NEGATIVE
– “ Open the door! “
– “ Close the window”
– “ Don’t talk “
– “ Don’t smoke “
– “ Read more! “
– “ Don’t drink alcohol! “

13. • When you make a REQUEST you usually use
the word PLEASE and sometime the verb CAN
– “ Please don’t tell lies “
– “ Please sit down “, the doctor said ( to me)
– “ Please don’t smoke here”
– “CAN I open the window, please?”
– “ CAN you help me? “

14. REQUESTS AND ORDERS
• When you repeat these orders in an indirect way you
usually use verbs as TOLD / ASK / SAY and this
structure
– “ Open the door! “
• She told us TO open the door
– “ Close the window”
• He asked TO close the window
– “ Don’t talk “
• The teacher ordered NOT TO talk
– “ Don’t smoke here“
• The owner said to us NOT TO smoke there
– “ Read more! “
• They told us TO read more

15. • When you make a REQUEST you usually use
the word PLEASE and sometime the verb CAN
– “ Please don’t tell lies “
• My father asked me NOT TO tell lies
– “ Please sit down “, the doctor said ( to me)
• The doctor asked TO sit down
– “Please don’t smoke here”
• The lady asked us NOT TO smoke there
– “CAN I open the window, please?”
• The student asked TO OPEN the window
– “ CAN you help me? “
• My friend Susan asked me TO HELP her

16. EXAMPLES
Your teacher has given you these orders. Rewrite them
in reported speech.
• 1. You must do your homework every day!
• 2. Could you please bring your textbooks to school
every day?
• 3. You mustn´t eat in class!
• 4. Please, don´t be late for school.
• 5. Can you give this letter to your parents, please?
• 6. You must be quiet in class!.
• 7. Don´t run in the corridors!
• 8. Study for the exam next week!

17. • 1. You must do your homework every day!
– He/she told me to do my homework every day.
• 2. Could you please bring your textbooks to school every
day?
– ……………….. to bring my textbooks to school every day.
• 3. You mustn´t eat in class!
– ……………….. not to eat in class.
• 4. Please, don´t be late for school.
– ……………….. not to be late for school.
• 5. Can you give this letter to your parents, please?
– ……………….. to give that letter to my parents.
• 6. You must be quiet in class!.
– ……………….. to be quiet in class.
• 7. Don´t run in the corridors!
– ……………….. not to run in the corridors.
• 8. Study for the exam next week!
– ……………….. to study for the exam the following week.

18. STATEMENTS
• When you repeat statements in an indirect way
you usually introduce your sentence with verbs
such as TOLD / SAY and the word THAT
(although it is optional)
• There are some rules you must understand
• You don’t usually repeat the situation in that
moment, you will repeat it in the future, so you
will talk about the past.

19. We are going to make a game.
Last week I gave you some papers with some
information about me
Now, you are going to tell everybody what did
I tell you
But be careful, you received the paper last
week so you can’t not use present or future
tenses
Let’s play … WHAT DID RACHEL
TELL YOU LAST WEEK ?

20. • Whatever you tell someone in a direct way
using the present tense is going to be told in
the past
• These are all present tenses (simple, perfect
or continuous but present tenses)

21. • Just think about the first tense you find….
– I LIVE in Paris
– She IS working hard today
– They HAVE bought a new house
– I DON’T like this film
– We ARE not studying French now
• If they are in the present, change them into the
past tense ( SHE SAID that …)
– she LIVED in Paris
– She WAS working hard that day
– They HAD bought a new house
– She DIN’T LIKE that film
– They WERE not studying French then
DON’T FORGET
YOU MUST
CHANGE SOME
PRONOUNS AND
SOME TIME
EXPRESSIONS

22. • Whatever you tell someone in a direct way
using the past tense is going to be told in the
past participle form ( had + participle)
• These are all past tenses (simple, perfect or
continuous but past tenses)

23. • Just think about the first tense you find….
– I LIVED in Paris last year
– She WAS working hard yesterday
– You HAD lost your keys when I saw you
– I DIDN’T like that film
• If they are in the past , change them into the
past perfect tense ( SHE SAID that …)
– she HAD LIVED in Paris
– She HAD BEEN working hard the previous day
– I HAD lost my keys when she HAD SEEN me
– She HADN’T LIKED that film
DON’T FORGET
YOU MUST
CHANGE SOME
PRONOUNS AND
SOME TIME
EXPRESSIONS
PAST PERFECT
TENSES
DON’T
CHANGE

24. • Whatever you tell someone in a direct way
using the modals is going to change too

25. SUMMING UP …

26. EXAMPLES
Rewrite these statements in reported speech starting as
shown.
• 1. “We liked Paris very much”. The American couple
said …
• 2. “Can you do me a favour tonight?”. Jim asked me ….
• 3. “I can´t go to your birthday party next Saturday”.
Sylvia told us…
• 4. “It will probably snow later today”. The weather
forecast said that …
• 5. “My husband hasn´t booked the hotel yet”. Mrs
Taylor said that…

27. Rewrite these statements in reported speech starting as
shown.
• 1. “We liked Paris very much”. The American couple said …
– The American couple said that they had liked Paris very much
• 2. “Can you do me a favour tonight?”. Jim asked me ….
– Jim asked me if I could do him a favour that night.
– Jim asked me to do him a favour that night
• 3. “I can´t go to your birthday party next Saturday”. Sylvia
told us…
– Sylvia told us that she couldn´t go/come to our birthday party
the next/following Saturday.
• 4. “It will probably snow later today”. The weather forecast
said that …
– The weather forecast said that it would probably snow later that
day.
• 5. “My husband hasn´t booked the hotel yet”. Mrs Taylor
said that…
– Mrs Taylor said that her husband hadn´t booked the hotel yet.

28. QUESTIONS
• When you repeat questions in an indirect way
they get into affirmative sentences and they
are usually introduced by your sentence with
verbs such as ASK/ SAY
• In english there are two kind of questions
A. Yes / no questions
• “Do you like football?”
– Yes , I do / No, I don’t
B. WH questions
• “Where is your sister today?”
– I don’t know she told me she was with Mary

29. YES / NO QUESTIONS
• They are reported by using IF or WHETHER
• And they are told in the affirmative way
– “Have you finished?”
• She asked me IF I had finished
– “Did you watch the match yesterday?”
• She asked me IF I had watched the math the previous
day
– “Are you sleeping enough?”
• She asked me IF I was sleeping enough
– “Does Paul want to help me painting?”
• She asked me IF Paul wanted to help her
– “Will you marry me?”
• He asked me IF I would marry him

30. WH - QUESTIONS
• They are reported by using the WH word
• And they are told in the affirmative way
– “When have you finished?”
• She asked me WHEN I had finished
– “WHAT did you watch yesterday?”
• She asked me WHAT I had watched the previous day
– “HOW are you sleeping?”
• She asked me HOW I was sleeping
– “WHY does Paul want to help you painting?”
• She asked me WHY Paul wanted to help me
– “WHO will you marry with?”
• He asked me WHO I would marry with

31. • Where does Peter live?"
– She asked him where Peter lived
• Where are you going?"
– She asked where I was going“
• Why is she crying?"
– He asked why she was crying
• "Do you speak English?“
– He asked me if I spoke English.
• "Have you been to Bristol before?“
– She asked if I had been to Bristol before
• Peter said to John, "Why are you so late?“
– Peter asked the John why he was so late.

32. ACTIVITIES
GRAMMAR LINK TO REINFORCE THE THEORY
• http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/re
ported-speech/questions.php
• http://www.perfect-english-
grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-1.html
• https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-
up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises?10
• http://www.englisch-
hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/reported.htm

33. Indirect questions
• Can / Could you tell me……
• I’d like to know…
This is how Indirect questions are introduced.
They are used for being more polite or formal
for example
That’s is amazing! How did you do that!
• Can / could you tell me/ us how you did that
• I’d like to know how you did that