Reported Speech. Statements.

1. REPORTED SPEECH I:Statements By Antonio Romero

2. SUMMARY

3. It is used to say what another person has said. There are two types: Direct speech (using his/her own words): Mary said, 'I'm going to the beach this weekend.' Reported speech (free discourse, not using his/her own words): Mary said (that) she was going to the beach that weekend. REPORTED SPEECH

4. As you can see, there are certain changes to be made when using reported speech: Tenses. Time and place expressions. Pronouns. CHANGES ‘I’mgoingtothebeachtomorrow’ She / He saidthatshewasgoingtothebeachthenextday.

5. Tenses You can see now how the different verbal tenses change in reported speech:

7. Modal verbs

8. Time and place

9. You can use logic to see the changes. Thus, if you have doubts, remember the following associations: Pronouns

10. We normally use the verbs say and tell. The difference between them is that say can be used without object (or to + object) and tell is always used with the object: He told me that she knew it. He said (to me) that she knew it. INTRODUCTORY VERBS