REPORTED STATEMENTS
He said he enjoyed parties
Andy wanted to know who I was talking to then.
Jerry Maguire said, " Show me the money!"
Jerry Maguire ordered to show him the money.
The Godfather advised, " Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer"
The Godfather advised to keep my friends close, buy my enemies closer.
What are the most common reporting verbs?
SAY and TELL
Sue told me, " My sister was washing my car"
Sue told me that her sister had been washing her car.
They wondered, " Who was this fantastic man?"
They wondered who that fantastic man had been.
"Do you mind closing the window, please? It's getting cold" she requested.
She requested to close the window.
"How about renting a canoe?" he said.
He suggested renting a canoe / He suggested that we rent a canoe.
TRUE or FALSE?
Reported speech is a way of reporting what someone said without using quotation marks. We do not necessarily report the speaker's exact words.
TRUE
They said, " We´ll be right here, right now, for everything you need"
They said that the would be right there, right then for everything I needed.
"Would you like a cup of tea? she asked the girls
She asked the girls if they would like a cup of tea.
Turn the sentence into DIRECT SPEECH:
My parents suggested going out for dinner.
"Let´s go out for dinner" , my parents suggested
"Let´s watch this new TV show tonight!", my friend suggested.
My friend suggested that we watch that new TV show that night / watching that new TV show that night.
TRUE or FALSE?
IN A REPORTED QUESTION, you have to:
transform the question into an indirect question
TRUE
The coach said to him, " You can´t use the weights while you are wearing sandals
The coach said to him that he couldn´t use the weights while he was wearing sandals.
Turn the sentence into DIRECT SPEECH:
Daniel was sked how much he had earned for his pictures the previous day.
Someone asked Daniel, " How much did you earn for your pictures yesterday?
Turn the sentence into DIRECT SPEECH:
I warned Sarah not to tell Jim anything because he couldn´t keep a secret.
I warned Sarah," Don´t tell Jim anything because he can´t keep a secret"
" You should do your homework", the teacher advised me.
The teacher advised me to do my homework.
TRUE or FALSE?
In YES/ NO questions, we use the question word (where, when, what, how) .
FALSE
Forrest Gump´s mother said," Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are gonna get"
Forrest Gump´s mother said that life was like a box of chocolates. I/ We never knew what I/we gonna get.
Turn the sentence into DIRECT SPEECH:
She asked me if I had done my homework that day.
" Have you done your homework today?", she asked me.
"Stop driving so fast" , my mother ordered me.
My mother ordered to me to stop driving so fast.
" Let´s be cruel to the Germans, and through our cruelty they will know who we are", they said ( " Inglorious Basterds)
They suggested being cruel to the Germans / that we be cruel to the Germans, and through our cruelty, they would know who we were.
Both verbs SAY and TELL can be followed by TO + indirect object. TRUE or FALSE?
FALSE, only say is followed by To and the object.