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• When we change a senten ce from Direct to Reported Speech, pronouns and possessive adjectives change according to the meaning of the sentence.

Rob said, 7 hav e ju s t so ld mymy bik e.’ Rob said (that) hehe had jus t sold hishis bike.

When the reporting verb is in the Past Tense, we usually make the following changes: Pres ent Sim pl e —►Pas t Sim pl e now —►th en

Sam said, 7go to bed a lo t.’ Simon said, ‘I ’m leaving now.’ Sam sa id (that) he went to bed a lot. Simon sa id (that) he was leaving then.

Presen t Pr ogr essiv e —►Past Progr essiv e An na said, ‘I'm wa tchin g TV.’

An na said (th at) sh e was watch ing TV.

to day —►t h at day

Mum said, ‘We’re eating out today.’ Mum said (that) they were eating out that day.

Past Simple —►Past Perfec t Sim ple Mike said, ‘She helpe d me a lot. ’ Mike said (that) she had helped him a lot. Pres ent P erf ect —►Past P erf ect Jane said, ‘I’ve laughe d a lot today.’ Jane said (that) she had laughed a lot that day. will -*-* would

Suzie said, ‘I’ll write to you so on.' Suzie said (that) she would write to me soon. can —►co ul d

Chris s aid, ‘I can buy him a pres en t.' Chris said (that) he could buy him a present. m ay —►m ig ht

Kevin said, 7may be late. ’ Kevin said (that) he might be late. m us t —►had to

Mary sai d, ‘You must be very care ful.' Mary said (that) I had to be very careful. here —►th er e

Bill said, 7want to stay here. ’ Bill said (that) he wanted to stay there.

yesterd ay —►th e previous day / th e day before Daryl said, 7saw the de ntist yest erday. ’ Daryl said (that) he had seen the dentist the previous day.

this mo rni ng/year, etc. — ►th at m orn ing /year, etc. Paula said, 7haven’t worked at all this morning.’ Paula said (that) she hadn’t worked at all that morning.

tomo rrow —►th e next day / the follo wing day Lara said, ‘I’m going to the cinema tomo rrow.’ Lara said (that) she was going to the cinema the following day.

last w eek/m on th , etc. —►th e previous week /mo nt h etc., the week/month, etc. before

Sue said, 7phone d h er las t week. ’ Sue said (that) she had phoned her the previous week.

next week / month, etc. — ►the following w ee k / month, etc.

Bria n said, ‘I’ll tell you the re sults ne xt week.’ Brian said (that) he would tell me the results the following week.

• These changes are not made when the sentence expresses a general truth or the reporting verb is in the Present, Future orPresent Perfect Simple.

7enjoy reading books, ’ Mum s aid. Mum said (that) she enjo ys reading books. 7will visit Berlin next year, ’ Dad says . Dad says he will visit Berlin nex t year.

• The Past Perfect and the verbs could, might, should, would, mustn’t andused to do not change in Reported Speech.

Activities

A. Cir cl e the co rrect words.

1. Carol told / said that she had a headache.

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. Alice told / said us that she was going to bed.

3. Mark said / told, “ I’m g oing to work as a volunteer at t he animal she lter t his summer. " 4. Mr Baxter told / said his students that they would have a test on Monday.

5. “ I’ve already seen D anny’s inven tion ,” Dave told / said to me.

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. Susan said / tol d me tha t she could n’t come to the party on Sunday. 7. George tol d / said that he had to leave early.

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. “We have to win the match today,” our coach tol d / sa id us.

B. Co m plet e t he repo rt ed stat em ents w i th t he c orrect pronouns and po ssessive adj ecti ves. 1. Our teacher says to us, “Children, you should study carefully for your exams.”

Our teacher te lls ____________that _____________should study car efull y fo r _____________exams.

2. My mother always says to me, “You have to keep your room tidy.”

My mother always te lls ____________that _____________have to keep ______________room tidy.

3. Karen so m etim es says to Kevin, “ We have to move to a new hous e beca use I don’t like this neighbourhood.” Karen som etimes says to Ke vin th a t ____________have to move to a new house be ca us e _____

doesn’t like this neighbourhood.

4. Every year Dave tells Mary: “We must plan our holiday early.”

Every year Dav e tells Mary th a t ____________must pla n ______________holiday early.

5. John often says, “I can’t find my glasses.”

John oft en say s th a t can’t find ______________glasses.

C. Rew ri te the sentences usi ng Repo rt ed Speech.

the piano beautifully.

We enjoyed the film last night.

2. Mrs Allen sai d th a t

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My granddaughter plays the piano beautifully. > - — ---

1. Mr Adams says that his granddaughter plays

I’m going to buy a new bicycle next month. > - ---

3.David said that

been washing the car all morning!

told his dad that he

I’ve already complained about the noise twice today! ; - i

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5. Susan told the police officer that

We may stay at the Bluebell Hotel.

6. My friends told me that

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was having a bath!

D. C i rcle the correc t w ords .

I’m Ian Wallace and I live in Exeter. I am in the school swimming team. Last weekend we took part in a swimming competition in London. On Friday our coach told us that we (

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) will go / would go to London by train. He said that we(

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) has to / had to be at the train station at seven o’clock on Saturday morning. On Friday afternoon my father (3) told / said me that he (4) wou ld drive / will drive me to the station (5) the following morning / tomorrow . On Saturday morning I was very excited, so I woke up very early. When I was ready to go, my father told me that he(

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) can’t / couldn’t drive me to the station because our car (7) has/ hadan engine problem. So, we called a taxi, which arrived at my house at ten to seven. When I told the driver that I (

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) had to / have to be at the station by seven o’clock, he looked at his watch and said that we (9) might/ can get there on time.

Luckily, I didn’t miss the train, but my coach was very angry. He said that I (

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) am/ had been very late and that I(11) mustn’t / didn’t have to do that again. However, when I explained what (12) happened / had happened, he

4.Frank

What were you doing when I called? _y

E . Re w ri te t he text using Rep orted S peech .

Jim, hi! It’s Brenda. We’re leaving today. I’ve [e [e ftft the keys with our neighbour, Mr Dale. You must

water the plants three times a week. John took our dog to my pa ren ts’ f f a r a r mm yesterday, so you don’t have to worry about him. We’re going to stay in Thailand f f oo rr three weeks. We have organised a tour a

a rr oo u u nn d d its capital, Bangkok, as well. We’ll send you a postcard f r f r o mo m Thailand. Thanks, Jim. Bye!

Brenda told Jim that they were leaving that dau.

Speaking

Play a class game. All students write their names on small pieces of paper, fold them up and leave them on the teacher’s desk. Each student must then go to the teacher’s desk, pick a paper and unfold it. Then he/ she must go to the student whose name is on the paper and secretly tell him/her a sentence. The student has to report what the student told him/her to the class.

Phil told me/said that he loves strawberries and he wishes he had some. Samantha said/told me that she had...

Write 5-6 sentences reporting things your friends/family/teacher told you during the past week.

Last week we interviewed Nelly Stone, the famous pop star. We asked her to tell us about her new C D and she said, “ It’s got wonderful songs!”

Next we asked her if she liked giving concerts. She told us, “ Of course. I love singing for my fans!”

When we asked her when she was giving a concert in London, she said tha t she didn’t know. We told her not to forget her Lo ndo n fans.

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