Reported Speech Rules
Do we always need to use 'that' in reported speech?
No
He said, "I am an actor."
He said he was an actor.
Who is your favorite artist?
She asked him_________
She asked him who his favorite artist was.
The teacher told Nam Fon, "Listen!"
The teacher told Nam Fon to listen.
Stephen Wiltshire's painting is _________________.
I _________ when I saw his painting.
(amaze)
amazing, amazed
When changing from direct speech to reported speech, what is the rule for changing the verb tense?
Go back one tense.
He said, "I was an actor."
He said he had been an actor.
Do you like this painting?
My friend asked him _________________.
My friend asked him if he liked this painting.
"Be quiet!", the teacher asked the students.
The teacher asked the students to be quiet.
What do you call a person who plays the drums?
A drummer.
Do the pronouns usually change from direct to reported speech?
Yes, they do.
My friend said, "The artist is painting now."
My friend said that the artist was painting then.
Have you ever played the guitar?
Ohm asked Kurt Cobain_______
Ohm asked Kurt Cobain if he had ever played the guitar.
"Give me your tickets, please," the man at the cinema asked them.
The man at the cinema asked them to give him their tickets.
What do you call a person who plays the guitar?
A guitarist.
What word do we need to add when we are reporting a yes/no question?
We need to add 'if'.
The guide asked, "Have you ever been to New York?"
The guide asked if we had ever been to New York.
What did you think of the street art?
She asked me_______
She asked me what I had thought about the street art.
"Don't come home late!", her dad told told her.
Her dad told her not to come home late.
A portrait is a picture of a ___________.
Person
When reporting a question using where, when, how, what, who and when, does the verb or the subject follow the question word?
The subject follows the question word.
The musician said, "We were playing together already in 2011."
The musician said they had been playing together already in 2011.
What will you do next after you finish the artwork?
They asked him_____
They asked him what he would do next after he finished the artwork.
"Today write about mixing colors in your journal.". the teacher told the students.
The teacher told the students to write about mixing colors in their journals on that day.
I forgot your name. I am so __________________.
embarrassed.