Reported Speech... Rules for a better understanding

REPORTED SPEECH

Reported Speech - Direct Speech and Indirect Speech Direct Speech Direct speech with quotation marks: "l learn at school". Reported Speech Speech: Reported Speech: He said he worked in a bank. The tenses, word-order, pronouns are different from those in the direct speech sentence. Direct Speech Reported Speech Jake says: "I bought some DVDs." Jake says that he bought some DVDs. Introduction Simple Present - English Direct Speech Reported Speech Susan says: “I want an ice-cream.” Susan says that she wants an ice-cream. Reported Speech Speech: Change of tenses Introduction Tenses Direct Speech Tenses Reported Speech Ann said: “I want ice-cream.” Ann said that she wanted ice-cream. Simple Past Simple Present Simple Past Simple Past Simple Past Present PerfectPast Perfect Past Perfect Simple Past will would Reported Speech: 'to be' Simple Past am/is/are was/were Simple Past was/were have/has been had been had been The Past Perfect Tense does not change in the Reported Speech. Questions - Reported Speech English Do you like Jake? She asked me if/whether I liked Jake. Questions with questions words-  Reported Speech “Who is your friend?” She asked me who my friend was. Commands Reported Speech - English “Sit down!” - The teacher told them to sit down. “Drink a lot of tea!” - He told us to drink a lot of tea. Changes - Reported Speech The tenses, word-order, pronouns are different from those in the direct speech sentence. Change of pronouns - Change of place and time - Reported Speech   Direct Speech Reported Speech (Reported speech) Change of pronouns I We my your our meus ⇒ he/she ⇒ they ⇒ his/her ⇒ my ⇒ their ⇒ him/her⇒ them Change of place and time here today this morning yesterday tomorrow next week next month ⇒ there ⇒ that day ⇒ that morning ⇒ the day before ⇒ the next day ⇒ the following week ⇒ the following month

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