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Reported Speech



What is Reported Speech?

• ReportedSpeech is a way

how we reportwhat someonehas said bychanging some

of the wordssaid, butretaining thesame meaning.



Could youhelp me?

Directed Speechhat did Cemong ask us?

Cemong asked us to help her.

Reported Speech / Indirected Speech



Reported reuests,o!ers".

When we report o!ers,promises, threats etc, we canuse the structure#

Reporting $erb % to&in'niti$e



Can Ihelp

you?What did thewoman say to

us?She o!ered to help us.

reporting $erb

to&in'niti$e



((()otice(((

*he reporting $erbs thatwe can use in thisstructure include#

+!er, promise, agree,reuse etc.



I-ll work

harder What did eri say?

e promised to workharder.



Reported orders,reuests".

When we report orders,reuests, warnings, ad$ice,in$itations etc, we can use thestructure#

Reporting $erb % ob0ect % toin'niti$e



Can you tellme how toread the

word, Dudi?

*he girl asked Dudi to tell her how to read

the word. )otice # *he change o

pronouns

What did the girl say?

reporting$erb

%ob0ect

% to&in'niti$e



((()otice(((

*he reporting $erbs that we

can use in this structureinclude#

tell, ask, order, warn,

remind, ad$ise, in$ite etc.



1mi I think you

should do yourhomework.

What did mothersay to 1mi?

2other ad$ised 1mi to do her homework.



Reporting negati$e orders,promises, ad$ices"..

In negati$e orders, promises,reuests,etc, we use the

structure#

not % to&in'niti$e



Don-t eat toomuch sweet.

What did thedentist askDoel?

*he dentist asked Doel not to eat toomuch sweet.

not % to&

in'niti$e



Changes o pronouns

• In reported speech, we usually need to change the pronouns 3e.g. I, you, me,this, these, etc4 and possessi$e

ad0ecti$es 3e.g. my, your, etc4.• We usually change the pronouns rom #

• owe$er we do not need to change the5st person pronoun I when the speaker

is reporting

his/her own words.

5st person 3I, me4

6nd person 3you,

your4

7rd person3we, us4



8lease be

careulwhen youpass methe bo9.

What did thewoman say to the

man?She asked him to be careul

when hepasses her thebo9.



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I-ll work outtheprogramme

in twominutes.

What did enipromise?

eni promised towork out theprogramme in two

minutes.



I-ll sign thecontract.

What did the managree?

e agreed to sign

the contract.



:et meteach you.

What did uki say?

uki o!ered toteach thechildren / them.



8lease passme thebandage,

Da$id.

What did the doctor say?

*he doctor asked Da$id to passhim the bandage.



2r. an, youshouldn-tsmoke again.

What did thedoctor ad$ise

2r. an?

*he doctorad$ised 2r. annot to smokeagain.



*am, don-tshoot the

balloons.

What did Susansay?She asked *am to get herdown.

8leaseget medown, *am

She asked *am notto shoot theballoons.

She asked *amto get her downand not to shoot

the balloons.



Don-tbe

araid.

What did the $etsay?

e asked thedog not to bearaid.

Don-tmo$e.

e asked the

dog not tomo$ee asked the dognot to be araid

and mo$e

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