Direct and Indirect Speech: Rules, Tenses, Pronouns, and Practice

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[Diapositiva 1] The Speech Direct Indirect What somebody What you say else says Statements Questions Commands & Requests [Diapositiva 2] Reported Speech When we report something, we must change some things such as:  Verb or auxiliary.  Time expressions.  Personal pronouns, possessive adjectives and object pronouns.  Location words. The verbs we use to report statements are: said and told . [Diapositiva 3] Reported Speech Examples: Direct Speech Indirect Speech Betty: “I feel sick today”. Betty said that she felt sick that day. David: “My dog died last night”. David said that his dog had died the night before. Vero to me: “I ’m going to travel to Hong Kong this year”. Vero told me she was going to travel to Hong Kong that year. Teacher to students: “You will have an exam tomorrow”. The teacher told the students they would have an exam the next day. Daniel: “I haven’t eaten breakfast yet”. Daniel said that he hadn’t eaten breakfast yet. [Diapositiva 4] Reported Speech Present simple Past simple was, were wasn’t, weren’t didn’t studied had wrote is, are, am isn’t, aren’t, am not don’t / doesn’t study have write Present continuous Past continuous is cooking am reading are running a...