Reported speech part three

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---What is wrong, Ruben?

---I met a terrible lady. She asked me what my mane was.

She wanted to know how old I was. She asked me where I lived.

---Too many questions! I am never going out again

Be careful! When you report questions the order of the words changes. Look:

Speaker                                    Reporter

What is your name?                    She asked me what my name was.

                                                  NOT...  What was my name.

Where do you live?                    She asked me where I lived

                                                  NOT ... where did I live.

Where can I find Monica?           She asked me where she could find Andres

                                                   NOT ... where could she find Monica

You can use the words IF and Whether yo report questions that do not start with a question word (Who, When, What  ETC). Look:

Speaker                                        Reporter 

Are you tired?                                He asked IF I was tired.

Do you want a biscuit?                   He asked whether I wanted a biscuit.

Can you help me?                           He asked IF I could help him

It does not matter which word you use IF and Whether mean the same thing.

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If somebody orders you to do something you can use the verb tell to report it. Look:

        Told + object pronoun + (not) to + base verb

        Speaker                                    Reported

        Stop!                                          He told me to stop

        Be quiet!                                     He told me to be quiet

        Do not do it                                He told me not to do it!

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If somebody asks you to do something, use the verb ask to report it. Look:

        Asked + object pronoun + to + base verb

 

.    Speaker                                        Reporter

Could you open the window?                  He asked me to open the window

Would you be quiet, please?                    He asked me to be quiet

    

For example

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Reported speech second part

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-What were you doing last night? the noise was terrible

-I discovered a way of sending messages to other planets

-I can not hear What did he say?

-He said he would discovered a way of sending messages to other planets

Reported speech is to tell somebody what a person said to you. When you use reported speech you do two things: you go back a tense and you change the pronouns.

Speaker                                        Reporter 

I am tired                                      He said he was tired

I can not hear                               She said she could not hear                     

I will go to the shop                       He said he would do to the shop 

You already know that the present changes to the past. 

Look what happens to the past simple

Speaker                                        Reporter

I was in the lab                              He said he would been in the lab

I inverted a massage Andres        He said he would invented a Massage Andres

I worked all night                          He said he would worked all night

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Change the present perfect to the past perfect, too.

Speaker                                        Reporter

I have been awake all night            He said that he would been awake all night 

I have built a machine                    He said he would built a machine 

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When you use reported speech some words change. 

Learn these ones:

Speaker                    Reporter

Today                        That day

Yesterday                   The day before

Tomorrow                  The next day

This week                  That day

Next week                 The following week

Last week                  The week before

This                            That

These                         Those

I saw him earlier today            He sad he would seen him earlier that day

I left my book here                 He said he would left his book there

I will see you next week         She said she would see me the following week

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These are object pronouns:

    Me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them

For example

         

Andres told me he would spoken to lost of astronomers. He told them that he was building a massage-sending machine. They told him they were interested in his ideas. He told them that the machine. They told him they were interested in his ideas. He told them that the machine was not ready yet. He told me he wanted to change to design.

You often use the verb tell (told) in reported speech, there is a difference between tell and say (said). Always put a person´s name or an object pronoun after tell. Never put an object pronoun after say.

He told me he had work to do                Not                He told he had work to do

He said he had work to do                     Not                He said me he had work to do

She told Andres she was going out         Not                 She told she was going out

She said she was going out                     Not                 She said Andres she was going out

 

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Reported speech

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I am ill, please tell mum

OK

What did he say?

He said that he was ill. Do not worry I will look after him

It worked! She believed

Reported speech is to tell somebody what a person said to you. Look:

        Monica says to Andres:

        I am ill. "(Normal speech)"    

        Andres says to Monica mum:

        He said that he was ill. (Reported speech)

This is important. if you remember this, reported speech will be easy. When you use reported speech, you go back a tense. Look:

        Speaker                        Reporter

        I am ill                            He said that he was ill

        I want some milk            She said that she wanted some milk 

        We like chocolate           They said that they liked chocolate

In reported speech the verbs can and will change to could and would 

        I can not go to school                 He said he could not go to school

        We will stay at home                   They said they would stay at home

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When you use reported speech you have to change the pronouns. Look:

    I can not move my arms

    He said he could not move hit arms

    I want your sweets

    She said she wanted my sweets 

What is the difference ?

You can use that reported speech, but it does not matter if you leave it out.

    

    Monica said he was ill.

    Monica said that he was ill

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