INGLÉS II

Second Grade

If you have your notebook, copy the explanation, if not do it in white sheets of paper. Print out the exercise and answer it.

Reported Speech

·         Use direct speech to repeat the exact words someone says:

He said: "I'm tired."

·         Use reported speech to repeat what people say without using exact words:

He said he was tired.

·         Use said or told in reported speech. You can use reported speech with or without that

He said (that) he was tired.

·         It's more common to include that in more formal speaking and writing.

·         Use told + object pronoun if you say who the person is talking to:

He told me that he was tired.

·         Tenses usually change in reported speech.

Ana: "I've never been in London."

Ana said she had never been to London.

Direct speech	Reported speech
Present simple	Past simple
Past simple	Past perfect
Present continuous	Past continuous
Past continuous	Past perfect continuous
Future (will)	Would
Future (going to)	Was going to
Present perfect	Past perfect
Past perfect	Past perfect continuous