Reported Speech

DIRECT STATEMENTS	REPORTED STATEMENTS
Present simple	Past simple
Present continous	Past continous
Past simple	Past perfect
Present perfect	Past perfect
Past perfect	Past perfect
Past perfect continous	Past perfect continous
Will	Would
Can	Could
May	Might
Should	Should
Ought	Ought
Mustn’t	Mustn’t
Must	Have to
Yesterday	The day before
Tomorrow	The next day
Here	There
This	That

REMEMBER: -     SAY SOMETHINGà She said that she… -     TELL SOMEBODYà She told me…

REPORTER SPEECH: COMMANDS

DIRECT SPEECH		REPORTED SPEECH
Imperative /request		Told/asked + person+ To + Infinitive
GO AWAY		She told him TO GO away
CAN/COULD YOU HELP ME?		I asked the shop assistant TO HELP me
Negative imperative		Not to + infinitive
DON’T WORRY		The doctor told me NOT TO worry

*important: you can’t use SAID in these sentences

REPORTED SPEECH: QUESTIONS

DIRECT QUESTIONS	REPORTED QUESTIONS
Are you married?	She asked him if he was married.
Did she phone? *Preguntes amb do/does/did, posem if/whether al reporter	He asked me whether she had phone
What’s your name? *Preguntes amb what/where/who… posem el what/where/who però canviem l’ordre de la frase en forma d’afirmació	I asked him what his name was?
Where do you live?	They asked me where I lived

ü  When you report a question, the tenses change as in reported statements.

ü  When a question begins with a verb, ADD IF

ü  You also have to change the word order to SUBJECT + VERB, and not use DO/DID

Remember: whether és el nostre à o no… (per exemple: vindran o no?)

* Gràcies Alba!