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Paul meets the narrator and is told about a party they recently attended. The narrator proceeds to tell Paul what various friends said at the party: - Clare said she was enjoying her new job but that her father wasn't well. - Sarah and Ben said they were going to buy a house. - Peter said he had to leave early and that his sister had gone to Australia. - Kate said she couldn't find a job. - Steve said he would phone the narrator. - Rachel said she didn't like her job and that her son didn't like school. - Mike said the narrator looked tired, and the narrator said they felt fine.

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Reported Speech Introduction

Paul meets the narrator and is told about a party they recently attended. The narrator proceeds to tell Paul what various friends said at the party: - Clare said she was enjoying her new job but that her father wasn't well. - Sarah and Ben said they were going to buy a house. - Peter said he had to leave early and that his sister had gone to Australia. - Kate said she couldn't find a job. - Steve said he would phone the narrator. - Rachel said she didn't like her job and that her son didn't like school. - Mike said the narrator looked tired, and the narrator said they felt fine.

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Unit

50 She said t h at ... He t old me t h at .,


Last week you went to a party. A lot of your friends Today you meet Paul. You tell him about the
were there. Here are some things they said to you: party. You tell Paul what your friends said:

CLARE
m enjoying my new j o b j O Clare said that she was enjoying
am | her new job.
—> was O She said that her father wasn't
is J
f ather isn't w elQ
well.

SARAH
I We're going to O Sarah and Ben said that they
^ ' buy a house. are —> were were going to buy a house.
BEN

I have to leave early.^ O Peter said that he had to leave


have 1
has !
• had ear|y-
My sister has O He said that his sister had gone
gone to Australia. to Australia.

KATE
f I can't find a job^ J can could O ^ ate sa^ t ^iat s^ e couldn't find
a job.

STEVE
phone yo u.} O Steve said that he would phone
will —> would me.
*
RACHEL O Rachel said that she didn't like
J I don' t like my job. )
her job.
f son doesn' t did
O She said that her son didn't like
* like school.
school.

M,KE ( You look tired ") look —> looked O M ike said that I looked tired.
I feel fine. feel —> felt O I said that I felt fine.
etc. etc.
YOU (present) (past)

say ( — > said) tell (-> told)


O He said that he was tired. O He told me that he was tired.
(not He said me) (not He told t hat)
O W hat did she say to you? O W hat did she tell you?
(not say you) (not tell to you)

We say he said to me, I said to Ann etc. We say he told me, I told Ann etc.
(not 'he said me' 'I said Ann'). (not 'he told to me', 'I told to Ann').

You can say:


O He said that he was tired, or He said he was tired, (without t hat)
O Kate told me that she couldn't find a job. or Kate told me she couldn't find a job.

110 ( I t old you t o ... ^ Un it S3


Exercises
6 D Read w hat t hese people say and w rit e sent ences w it h He/ She/ They said ( t h a t ) . . . .

| ^ J' v e lost my watch?^

...He said

ve>7 b usy.}

<*1
^ f \ can't go to the party.^
JS ^ ,/ j've just come back from holiday.^

if \ have to go o ut ^ g °'ng tQ buV a guitar.^

^ Jj'nn learning Russian.^


10 ^ ^ / ^ We haven't got a k ey)

g g | y se t he pict ures t o com p let e t he sent ences.

1 I met Clare last week. She said sh e was.enjoying .her n ew jp b .


2 Emm a didn't want anything to eat. She said ...........................................
3 I wanted to borrow M ike's ladder, but he said ........................................
4 Hannah was invited to the party, but she said ........................................
5 Susan told me she didn't want the picture. She said .........................
6 M artin has just gone away on holiday. He said .....................................
7 I was looking for Robert. Nicola said ............................................................
8 'W hy did David stay at home?' 'He said ..................................................
9 'Has M ary gone out?' 'I t hink so. She said .............................................

C T i W rit e say/ said or t ell/ t old.


1 He said. he was tired. 7 The w o m an she was a reporter.
2 W hat did she you? 8 The w o m an us she was a reporter.
3 Anna she didn't like Peter. 9 They asked me a lot of questions, but I
4 Jack me that you were ill. d id n 't ...............them anything.
5 Please d o n 't Dan what happened. 10 They asked me a lot o f questions, but I
6 Did Lu cy she would be late? d id n 't ...............anything.

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