Unit 2
Direct speech and reported speech
•What is reported speech?
•It’s the change of verb tenses.
•We use: tell, say, explain, mention, admit,…
•Eg: “there is growing evidence of involving…”
Investigators reported Sunday that there was…
•Changes in reported speech.
•Tense
- After a past-tense (reporting) verb
Eg: “It’s cold” – He said it was cold.
- If the statements no longer up to date.
Eg: “I’m going to Rome in January”
▲She said she was going to Rome in February.
▲She said she is going to…
- We think the statement is / may be untrue.
Eg: “I like chocolate”
▲She said she likes chocolate, but she’s not eating any (I
don’t believe she likes it)
•Changes
•Present simple to past simple
•Present continuous to past continuous
•Present perfect to past perfect
•Present perfect continuous to past perfect continuous
•Past simple to past simple / past perfect
•Past perfect to past simple / past perfect
•Past perfect to past perfect
•Can to could
•May to might
•Will to would
•Must to must / had to
•Could, might, ought to, should, would no change.
•Personal pronouns
I – she, he
My – his, her
