Understanding Reported Speech: Learning to Tell Gossiped Stories, Exercícios de Inglês

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Gossip

/ˈɡɒsɪp/

Noun

Have you heard the (latest) gossip?

Adjective

She's a terrible gossip.

Verb

People have started to gossip about us.

Reading Comprehension

1. Read the text and describe in one sentence what is the latest gossip about Miley Cyrus.

Now, let’s take a closer look at these statements:

1. Sources close to him told us he had been blindsided by the statement and had been visiting his family in Australia at the time.
2. Hemsworth said: “Miley and I have recently separated, and I wish her nothing but the best”. Did you know that there are two possible ways to express sentences in English? To do so, you can use either the direct speech or the indirect speech.

**1) Sources close to him told us he had been blindsided by the statement and had been visiting his family in Australia at the time. (indirect)

2. Hemsworth said: “Miley and I have recently separated, and I wish her nothing but the best”. (direct)** → Sources close to him told us: “He was blindsided by the statement and was visiting his family at the time”. (direct) → He said that Miley and him had recently separated, and he wished her nothing but the best. (indirect)

Reported Speech

Teacher: Rebeca Coelho

Date:

Wednesday, the 25th of September, 2019

When speaking we normally make use of the direct speech in order to

communicate directly with other people.

Examples:

‘I love you!’

‘we need money.’

‘she has won the lottery!’

However, when we want to tell or report something somebody has said, we

should make use of the indirect speech, best known as reported speech.

**Double quotes (") are preferred in American English, while single quotes (') are more common in British English:

FOUR things to pay attention:

1. The pronoun has to change to indicate the person who spoke.
2. The verb of the original sentence needs a tense change.
3. The two parts can be connected with “that” or without “that”.
4. Time markers change and also words that indicate proximity are changed to their distancing equivalents. Time markers changes: Today - that day Yesterday - the day before Tomorrow - the next day Next week - the following week Last year - the year before Now - then, immediately Other changes: This, these → that, those Here → There John said: “I will arrive tomorrow ”. John said (that)he would arrive the next day.

Tenses changes: Present simple → past simple Present continuous → past continuous Going to → was/were going to Will → would Present perfect → past perfect Past simple → past perfect Can → Could May → might (might, could, should → do not change) P. 140

How to report questions

1. Most common reporting verb is “ASK”
2. You need to change the question back to the statement form
3. When you have a yes/no question, you need to connect the two parts (reporting verb and reported question) with the word IF or WHETHER.

If/whether we could help her If/whether I wanted to dance If/whether she had been there before. What music I liked. Where the nearest bank was. Grammar bank P. 141 Cont:

Not to make To change

P. 87

Grammar bank P. 141

1. To be quiet.
2. Not to smoke.
3. To open my mouth.
4. Not to tell anyone
5. To show him my driver’s license
6. To switch off our mobiles.
7. Not to eat with her mouth open.
8. To bring him the bill.
9. To get off at the next stop.
10. not to wait.

Interview time Part II: Create two sentences to report back what your classmate has said. Examples: She said she hated buying food. He said he usually goes to “Beco da poeira” to find a bargain. Adapted from P. 85 Part I: Ask the questions to a partner:

Class - quick review → Reported speech - When to use? Change the sentences below into the reported speech and tell a story:

1. My ex- boyfriend said: “I still love you”.
2. He asked: “Will you marry me?”
3. I told him “leave me alone!” (What happened next?)