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Reported Speech

Direct Speech is when one person talks directly to another or to a group. Reported speech is when this person tells others what he/she said, or someone else reports what he/she said.

Examples:

-My work is done. I am going home.

-What did she say?

-She said that her work was done and she was going home.

Notice how the present tense changes to the past.

-Last week I went swimming.

-What did you say?

-I said that I had gone swimming the previous week.

When the sentence is in the past, we change it to the Past Perfect Tense when we report it. Also we change "last week" to "previous week"

Expressions of time if reported on a different day
this (evening)	=	that (evening)
today	=	yesterday ...
these (days)	=	those (days)
now	=	then
(a week) ago	=	(a week) before
last weekend	=	the weekend before last / the previous weekend
here	=	there
next (week)	=	the following (week)
tomorrow	=	the next/following day

Now try these exercises:

1. "I am going swimming tomorrow"

2. "Where are we going on vacation?

3. "They were in Paris last month."

4. "They will be coming home soon.

5. "How many people will be coming to the party?

Read and then fill in the answers:

We are having a party tomorrow night. Many people will be coming to the party. We will have dancing and singing. The party will begin at 8:00 o'clock in the evening. There is going to be a small band. The band will arrive at 7:00 o'clock, and the caterers will be there from the morning. I hope everyone has a good time.

Mary said that they having a party . She said there be many people coming to the party. She added that there dancing and singing. She informed us that the party begin at 8:00 . She said there going to be a small band. She excitedly said that the band arrive at 7:00 o'clock, and the caterers be there from . She also everyone would have a good time.

Put the following sentences into Reported Speech:

1. Tom: We are having a party next week.

Tom said .

2. Mary: I am going to Thailand tomorrow.

Mary told them .

3. Susan: They spilled the water on the floor.

Susan complained that .

4. Peter: I don't think so.

Peter replied .

5. Mother: Do as you are told.

Mother told them .