Косвенная речь модуль 8

Reported Speech

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8c Grammar in Use

reported speech

Reported speech (sometimes also referred to as “indirect speech”) refers to

a sentence reporting what someone has said .

Several changes occur when we do this.

➙ verb tenses ➙ pronouns ➙ time expressions ➙ place expressions

Present

Simple

Past

V / Vs

Continuous

V 2 / V ed

Future

Perfect

am, is, are +V ing

have / has+V 3

Future - in - the - Past

will+V

write

was / were +V ing

had + V 3

would+V

will + be + V ing

Perfect - Continuous

am writing

have / has been +V 3

wrote

was writing

would + be + Ving

would write

will have+V 3

will write

have written

had been +V 3

will be writing

will have written

will have been + V ing

have been written

had written

would be writing

would have+V3

had been written

would have been + Ving

would have written

will have been writing

would have been writing

Present Simple I phone my friends every day.”

Past Simple She told him (that) she phoned her friends every day.

Present Continuous I 'm waiting for Kate.

Past Continuous He said (that) he was waiting for Kate.

Past Simple I made it yesterday .

Past Perfect He said (that) he had made it the day before .

Future Simple I will study better.

Future-in-the-Past He said (that) he would study better.

Present Perfect I 've been to France three times.

Past Perfect He said (that) he had been to France three times.

tomorrow

the next day

that

this

the day after tomorrow

before

ago

these

those

now

then

next year

the following year

two days later,

in two days’ time

today

last week

the previous week

that day

yesterday

there

the day before

here

Direct Speech

I

Reported Speech

you

he, she

my

your

we

his, her

I, she, he, we, they

me

my, his, her, our, their

they

our

mine

him, her

their

you

him, her, us, them

his, hers

yours

us

mine, his, hers, ours, theirs

them

ours

theirs

was / were to

can

have to

be to

could

had to

might

may

must

NOTE:

modal verbs - could, would, might and should

do not change

reported speech

Look at the girl on the right. We would turn the statement into the reported speech by changing:

➙ the verb from the present simple to the past simple ➙ the personal pronoun I to she ➙ the possessive pronoun my to her

The sentence would then be:

The girl said she loved her new dress.

I love my new dress.

reported speech

Time to practise!

Look at the images that will appear and change what the characters say into the reported speech. Take in consideration all the changes that must occur: in the verbs , the pronouns and the expressions of time and place .

reported speech

The girl said her mother gave her new dolls regularly.

My mother gives me new dolls regularly.

reported speech

The woman said her book was being very interesting.

My book is being very interesting!

reported speech

I was so tired I passed out in the middle of the street.

The man said he had been so tired he had passed in the street.

It has been years since I ’ ve had this much fun!

reported speech

The woman said it had been years since she had had that much fun.

reported speech

The girl said she would catch a fish that day.

I will catch a fish today!

reported speech

The man yelled at me to stop .

STOP!

"I think the film was a huge success" - said Peter. Peter said that ... .

• A) she thought the film had been a huge success.
• B) he thinks the film was a huge success.
• C) he thought the film was a huge success.
• D) he thought the film had been a huge success.

"I`ll come to the meeting", - Tom said to me. Tom promised me that ... come to the meeting.

• A) I will
• B) I would
• C) he will
• D) he would
• E) if he would

He said: "I can speak English very well". He said that he ... English very well.

• A) can speak
• B) could speak
• C) will speak
• D) may speak
• E) have to speak

She said: "I have been waiting for you since five o`clock." She said that she ... for me since five o`clock.

• A) have been waiting
• B) had been waiting
• C) has been waiting
• D) will have waited
• E) was waiting

Please close the window, my son", asked mother. Mother asked her son ... the window.

• A) does close
• B) to close
• C) closed
• D) will close
• E) had closed

was shrinking

will

would

said

told

said

said

told

nothing

anyone

nothing

Everything

something

No one