reported speech

unit 8

Reported speech

a) Present simple                     ‘I need some help’.                        b) Present continuous             ‘We are having our lunch’.          c) Present perfect                    ‘I have lost my keys’.                  d) will                                            ‘I will be home at six’.                  e) Past simple                           ‘I wrote two letters to her’.

Past simpleShe said (that) she needed some help.Past continuousShe said that they were having their lunch.Past perfectHe said that he had lost his keys.wouldHe said that he would be home at six.Past perfectHe said that he had written two letters to her.

Reported speech - tenses

a) Present simple                        ‘Do you need some help?’            b) Present continuous                ‘Are they going out tonight?’     c) Present perfect                        ‘Have you lost my keys?’             d) will                                          ‘Will you be home at six?’           e) Past simple                               ‘Did you phone her?’                   

Past simpleShe asked me if/whether I needed some help. Past continuous She asked me if/whether they were going out that night. Past perfect He asked me if/whether I had lost his keys. would He asked if/whether I would be home at six. Past perfect He asked me if/whether I had phoned her.

Reported speech - yes / no questions

a) Present simple                            ‘Why do you need the keys?’             b) Present continuous                   ‘When are they going out?’                c) Present perfect                          ‘Where have you lost your keys?’     d) will                                               ‘When will you be home?’                e) Past simple                                    ‘What time did you phone her?’     

Past simpleShe asked me why I needed the keys.Past continuousShe asked me when they were going out.Past perfectHe asked me where I had lost my keys.wouldHe asked when I would be home.Past perfectHe asked me what time I had phoned her.

Reported speech - WH questions