REPORTED SPEECH

THERE ARE THREE STRUCTURES OF SENTENCES IN ENGLISH: the three structures are also different in reported speech.

1) STATEMENTS (affirmatives and negatives): SB + VB2) QUESTIONS: a) YES/NO Questions: AUX+ SB+ VB....? b) Wh- Questions: Wh-pronoun + AUX + SB + VB...?3) COMMANDS: AFFIRMATIVE: INFINITIVE- NEGATIVE: DON'T + INFINITIVE

CHANGES IN STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS:

CHANGES FOR ALL THE STRUCTURES:

CHANGES FOR ALL STRUCTURES

1) STATEMENTS: "that" introduces the subordinate clause

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-1.html

EXAMPLES:

2A) YES/NO Questions: " if " is the connector

http://www.grammarbank.com/reported-yes-no-questions.html

2b) Wh Questions: "Wh- pronoun" is the connector

More examples:

http://suz.digitaleschulebayern.de/english/grammar/repspeech3.htmhttp://www.focus.olsztyn.pl/en-questions-in-reported-speech-exercise.html#.WNQ9z6K1vb0

3) COMMANDS: "to be or not to be"

http://www.focus.olsztyn.pl/en-orders-in-reported-speech-exercise.html#.WNQ-yKK1vb0

http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/reported_speech-exercises.html