| We use reported speech to tell people what somebody said or though in the past, or what i] happened. But be careful! Tenses change only when the time and speaker are differe i | TENSE CHART DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH |] PRESENT SIMPLE-PAST SIMPLE ‘work in Paris He said he worked in Paris || PRESENT CONTINUOUS-PAST CONT. Tam working He said he was working || PAST SIMPLE-PAST PERFECT tworked He said he had worked. | [PAST CONTINUOUS-PAST PERFECT CONT __|!was working He said he had been working {| Thave worked He said he had worked Thave been working Thad worked | [PAST PERFECT CONT-NO CHANGE Thad been working TIME REFERENCES DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH He said he had been working He said he had worked He said he had been working WILL-WOULD 1 will work -He said he would work. Don't tell him -he said. He asked me not to tell him. (no change) “Llike you’ —Mary told me. Mary told me that she liked me. (change) Next Saturday The following Saturday ‘The next Saturday The Saturday after ‘That Saturday 1] CAN-COULD Now ben ~ 1] Tcan sing -He said he could sing. Today That day s i Here There ¥ {| Imust work -He said he had to work. Athi: That i This week That week i | j Tomorrow The following/next day |] May Thelp you? -He asked if he might help me. a |] sHALL-SHOULD Next week The following/next week |] What shall 1 do? -He asked what he should do. | | Yesterday The previous day i The day before || PRONOUNS SOMETIMES CHANGE Ago Previously/before i Two days. ago Two days previously/before ,| BE CAREFUL! Tonight That night |] Remember, pronouns sometimes change. Last Saturday The previous Saturday 1] study these examples: The Saturday before i TELL ASK TELL + PERSONAL OBJECT ‘SAY + TO + OBJECT OBJECT + INFINITIVE ‘We tell somebody -He never said that to me. TO REQUEST -My sister told us not to -He said he was exhausted TO QUESTION wake her up in the morning. Tom said he had done it. Ask her if she likes tea. i] Tina told me to phone her. TO REPORT -He asked me to translate it.EXERCISE 1 J-He was studying yesterday. She said 2.1 will go to the party. He told me 3-Mary can’t stand mean people. He said 4-1 must call my sister tomorrow. He said 6-Please, do me a favour, She asked 8-1 have forgotten his number. She said ‘9-May I sit here? She asked if 12-T have been to Paris twice. She said 13-My husband is in Poland. She told me 14-1 won't do the shopping tomorrow. He said 15-Neil has already seen this film. She said 16-Gloria is sitting in her room now. He said 17-1 don't go to parties. She told Rewrite the sentences in reported speech 5-1 don't like coffee. She told me ‘7-What shall I do about it? He asked 10-1 have been waiting for ages. She said 11-Tim works in an office. He told me 18-1 have been working in the garden. She said EXERCISE 2 Choose the correct option. When I\saw/seen Mary at the office this/that morning, she wasn't looking very well. In fact she had looked/looked a bit tired. | tell/asked her what the matter /s/was with her but she wouldn't teil/say me, | wanted/had been wanting to know what was going on so I ask/asked Phil but he didn't/wasn’t know, either. Two hours later, at about ten o'clock, we met/were meeting at the canteen to have a cup of coffee. But Mary \didn’t/wasn’t order anything to drink. I knew she loved coffee so that was quite strange. When I asked her why she wasn't/didn’t want anything to drink she said she didn’t have/wasn’t having her wallet. Her husband had been taking/had taken it. 1 said/asked her how she was coming/ had come to work and she said that as she didn't have any money at all she come/came on foot. So that’s why she is/was so tired! She lived in a nearby town which was ten kilometers away! No wonder why she is/was exhausted! EXERCISE 3 Change the time reference. ‘Sometimes more than one answer is correct. 1L-Sally is leaving today. He said Sally was leaving, 2-He visited London last week. He said he had visited London. 3-We had an argument last night. He said they'd had an argument. 4-1'm not eating now. He said he wasn't eating 5-Jimmy is coming next week. He said Jimmy was coming 6-1 forgot my key yesterday. He said he'd forgotten his key. 7-111 call you tomorrow. He said he would call me 8-1 dont live here anymore. He said he didn't live 9-I'm meeting Phil tonight. She said she was meeting Phil anymore. a WrRAVADVeCLICETc