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Reported speech 1
Víctor Valdés
Ficha para repaso de 4º ESO
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Reported speech PDF exercise 1
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- Complete sentences: "It is too late." - I said it was too late.
Reported speech PDF exercise 2
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- A multiple choice choice test: "Sam may contact you." - He said Sam might contact me.
Reported speech PDF exercise 3
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- Reported speech to direct speech: She said she lived in York. - "I live in York," she said.
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- Time in reported speech: We will set off tomorrow." - They said they would set off the next day.
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- Correct mistakes: "I have been with Jill since yesterday," said Joe on Friday morning. On Friday morning Joe said he had been with Jill since yesterday. Correct: On Friday morning Joe said he had been with Jill since the day before .
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- All changes in reported speech: Tim said he had worked with them the previous month. - "I worked with them last month," said Tim.
Reported questions + commands exercises PDF Practise questions, commands and requests in the reported speech.
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Reported speech rules PDF Changes of tenses, pronouns, time and place in reported statements, questions and commands.
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The reported speech is used if we want to report what other people said, thought or felt. We use reporting verbs such as say, tell, explain, think, hope, etc. If these verbs are in the past tense, we change the following: a) verb tenses and verb forms b) pronouns c) adverbs of time and place
A) Verb tenses
We change the tenses in the following way.
- Present simple - past simple: "I work in York," Joe said. - Joe said (that) he worked in York.
- Present continuous - past continuous: "We are playing a game," Jane explained. - Jane explained (that) they were playing a game.
- Past simple - past perfect simple: "Sarah came back," I thought. - I thought (that) Sarah had come back.
- Past continuous - past perfect continuous: "I was talking to our new neighbour," Ben told me. - Ben told me (that) he had been talking to our new neighbour.
- Present perfect simple - past perfect simple: "I have eaten all sandwiches," he admitted. - He admitted (that) he had eaten all sandwiches.
- Present perfect continuous - past perfect continuous: "I have been driving for three hours," he comnplained. - He complained (that) he had been driving for three hours.
- Will - would I will wait outside the station," he reminded me. - He reminded me (that) he would wait outside the station.
Note: Some modal verbs change in a specific way, whereas other verb forms remain the same in special cases.
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B) Pronouns
Personal pronouns
We have to change pronouns in the reported speech to keep the same meaning. "We are in Italy," he said. - He said they were in Italy. "They invited us," Betty said. - Betty said they had invited them. "I admire your new garden," she told me. - She told me she admired my new garden. "You can take my car," Peter said. - Peter said I could take his car.
This and these
This and these are usually substituted. "They will move this year," my mum said. - My mum said they would move that year. "I like these shoes," Tim insisted. - Tim insisted he liked the shoes.
C) Time and place
The time expressions change as follows.
now - then, today - that day, tomorrow - the next day/the following day, the day after tomorrow - in two days' time, yesterday - the day before, the day before yesterday - two days before, next week/month - the following week/month, last week/month - the previous week/month, a year ago - a year before/the previous year
Marion: "I will do it tomorrow." - Marion said she would do it the next day. Dan: "We arrived last week." - Dan said they had arrived the previous week. Judith: "Brian got married a year ago." - Judith said Brian had got married a year before.
Here and there
Here usually becomes there . But sometimes we have to make different adjustments. "I'll stay here till the evening," he said. - He said he would stay there till the evening. In the hospital: "We'll meet here." - He said they would meet in the hospital.
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Reported Statements:
- Present Simple Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
- Present Continuous Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
- Past Simple Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
- Present Perfect Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
- Future Simple Reported Statement Exercise (quite easy) (in PDF here)
- Mixed Tense Reported Statement Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)
- 'Say' and 'Tell' (quite easy) (in PDF here)
Reported Questions:
- Present Simple Reported Yes/No Question Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)
- Present Simple Reported Wh Question Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)
- Mixed Tense Reported Question Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)
Reported Orders and Requests:
- Reported Requests and Orders Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here)
- Reported Speech Mixed Exercise 1 (difficult) (in PDF here)
- Reported Speech Mixed Exercise 2 (difficult) (in PDF here)
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REPORTED SPEECH o ESTILO INDIRECTO Alguien le cuenta a una persona lo que otra persona ha dicho:
TAKE NOTE: 1. If the direct speech statement includes the any of the following modal verbs, they do not change when transformed into reported speech: may, might, would, should, ought to 2. If the situation in the reported statement hasn't changed and is still true in the present, the reporting verb can remain in the same form:
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If we report what another person has said, we usually do not use the speaker's exact words (direct speech), but reported (indirect) speech. Therefore, you need to learn how to transform direct speech into reported speech. The structure is a little different depending on whether you want to transform a statement, question or request.
Jane said that she wanted to tell me about her trip to New York. He asked us ," Don't make so much noise!" He asked us not to make so much noise. Robert said, " You can stay at my place over the weekend." Robert said that I could stay at his place over the weekend. worksheets.english-grammar.at.
REPORTED SPEECH. A) Podemos contar lo que alguien dijo de dos maneras: 1. Repitiendo sus palabras exactas, es decir, empleando el estilo directo. - "I have to go now," she said. - "We lived in Paris for three years," Peter said. 2. Contando la idea, pero no las palabras exactas, que es el "estilo indirecto". - She said (that) she ...
Country: Spain. School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) (1061958) Main content: Reported speech (2013113) From worksheet author: Ficha para repaso de 4º ESO. Other contents: Pronouns and reference words.
Reported Speech 1. 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!
An exercise on reported speech. There are thirty sentences to be transformed from direct speech into reported speech. The sentences come from Tatoeba. Key included.
3. "Will you help organise the party for Jim next week?" asked Taylor. Taylor asked us if we ................................
IN USE 4TH. REPORTED SPEECH - EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE. REPORTED SPEECH - EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE. Requisitos de finalización. Mark as done. Descargar carpeta. COMMANDS.docx. Estiloindirecto4theso..docx. reported-speech_15535 (1).doc.
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e exact words of the original speaker. Reported or indirect speech means that we only give the meaning of what w. s. aid: Simon says (that) he is tired.1. REPORTED STATEMENTS (orac. on. s enunciativas en estilo indirecto)a. If the reporting verb is in the present tense. there is no change in tenses; we justleave out the inverted commas and ...
Reported questions If it is a yes/no question we are reporting, we use if or whether: If the direct question contains a question word, we include that question word in the reported speech, but we do not include the auxiliary verb in the reported speech:
Reported Speech (Intermediate Advanced) REPORTED SPEECH. When we use Direct Speech, we use the same words but use quotation marks, "_". For example: Scott said, "I am coming to work. I will be late because there is a lot of traffic now.". When we use Reported Speech, we usually change the verbs, specific times, and pronouns.
KEY She said, "I can get home on my own". She said that she could get home on her own. They said, "We haven't been to an art gallery for ages". They said that they hadn't been to an art gallery for ages . The police asked me, "When did you leave the house this morning ?" The police asked me when I had left the house that morning .
There is no comma after say in indirect speech. that can usually be omitted after say and tell + object. But it should be kept after other verbs: complain, explain, object, point out, protest etc. Indirect speech is normally used when conversation is reported verbally, though direct speech is sometimes here to give a more dramatic effect.
Grammar rules PDF: Reported speech rules PDF Changes of tenses, pronouns, time and place in reported statements, questions and commands. English grammar PDF All PDF rules with examples on this website to download for free. Reported speech The reported speech is used if we want to report what other people said, thought or felt.
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Reported Speech. Eso 4 (1) - Free download as Word Doc (.doc), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The document contains examples of reported speech, with sentences in direct speech followed by the same sentences rewritten in reported or indirect speech. In the first section, direct speech quotes are rewritten by changing pronouns, tense, and sometimes words to report ...
The teacher told the students, "Speak up if you want to say something!"
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