This is a presentation about REPORTED SPEECH. Statements, commands & requests.

1. Brief
Review
Reported speech, 2nd conditional & wishes.

2. Reported Speech:
Statements.
I love
driving my
car every
day.
• Joe said that…
he loved driving his car every
day.
• Joe said that…
he would go to Cancun that
weekend.
I will go to
Cancun this
weekend.
• Joe said that…
he hadn´t visited his mom for
years.
• Joe said that…
he could smoke 20 cigarettes
per day.
I can
smoke 20
cigarettes
per day.
I haven´t
visited my
mom for
years.

3. Reported Speech:
Statements. that…
• Ana said
she wanted to go to
Michoacán.
• Ana said that…
she was going to have a lot of
fun that day.
• Ana said that…
she should eat corundas the
following day.
I should eat
corundas
tomorrow.
I want to
go to
Michoacán.
I am going
to have a
lot of fun
today.

4. Reported Speech: Commands &
Requests
Open your
student book,
please.
Don´t use your
cell phone in the
classroom!!
Don´t chew gum
in the
classroom, please
.
REMEMBER:
Ask  For requests
Tell  For commands
• The teacher asked us…
to open our student book.
• The teacher told Julia…
not to use her cell phone in
the classroom.
• The teacher asked Juan…
not to chew gum in the
classroom.

5. Reported Speech:
Statements.
Snoopy said that…
he thought
it was going to rain
soon.
I think it´s
going to rain
soon..
I hate
when it
rains…
Woodstock said that…
He hated when it rained.

6. Conditional Sentences:
Type 2
If I had a
new car…
If I were older…
If we didn´t study..
If I could
fly…
The soul would
have no rainbow if
the eyes had no
tears.
(Native American
proverb)

7. Conditional Sentences:
Type 2
“If everyone on earth just
stopped breathing for an
hour, the greenhouse effect
would no longer be a
problem.”
Jerry Adler
“If God did not exist, it
would be necessary to
invent him.”
Voltaire

8. Conditional Sentences:
Type 2
“If there were no bad people, there
would be no good lawyers.”
(Charles Dickens)
“If women didn’t exist, all the
money in the world would have
no meaning.”
Aristotle Onassis

9. If this soda
were colder…
Conditional Sentences:
Type 2
If I exercised
every day…
If I didn´t
drink so
much beer…
We would have a better life if…

10. Wishes: I wish…
WISH + Past simple  To make a wish about a
Present situation which we would like to be different.
I wish I had more time to read.
I wish I had
a huge bowl
of food to
eat today.
We wish we had a longer vacation.
We wish we drank a lot of “margaritas”.
We wish we sunbathed all day.

11. WISH + COULD + base form  To express regret about
something we cannot do at present.
I wish I could help you!
I wish I could
understand
chinese.
I wish
Maria could
cook
better.

12. Complete the following sentences correctly.
1. The weather´s terrible today. I wish it ________ (be) a bit warmer.
2. It really annoys me that you never do anything around the house! I
wish you_______(wash up) from time to time.
3. The last bus always seems to leave early. I wish the driver ________ (wait)
until the right time before leaving.
4. We are all living in a small flat. I wish we ____________(be) in a big flat.
5. John wishes he ______(have) a car.
6. I don´t understand this point of grammar. I wish I ________ (understand).
7. I speak terrible English. I wish I ________ (speak) English well.
8. I miss my friends. I wish my friends _______ (be) here right now.
9. I never win at chess. I wish I _________(win) a game occasionally.
10. She´s late again. I wish she ________(be) late all the time.

13. 1. The weather´s terrible today. I wish it were (be) a bit warmer.
2. It really annoys me that you never do anything around the house! I
wish you washed up (wash up) from time to time.
3. The last bus always seems to leave early. I wish the driver waited (wait)
until the right time before leaving.
4. We are all living in a small flat. I wish we were living (be) in a big flat.
5. John wishes he had (have) a car.
6. I don´t understand this point of grammar. I wish I understood (understand).
7. I speak terrible English. I wish I spoke (speak) English well.
8. I miss my friends. I wish my friends were (be) here right now.
9. I never win at chess. I wish I won(win) a game occasionally.
10. She´s late again. I wish she weren´t (be) late all the time.