ENGLISH MODULE UNIT 3 Grade 10/ Semester I REPORTED SPEECH Compiled by: Aquilina Yunita, S.Pd
Conceptual Map REPORTED SPEECH COMMAND/ REQUEST STATEMENT QUESTION YES-NO QUESTION WH- QUESTION Understanding Reported speech refers to using a noun clause to report what someone has said. No quotation marks are used. Notice the changes in the verb forms from direct speech to reported speech in the following examples. DIRECT SPEECH She said, I watch TV every day. She said, I m watching TV. She said, I watched TV. She said, I have watched TV. She said, I will watch TV. She said, I am going to watch TV. She said, I can watch TV. She said, I should watch TV. REPORTED SPEECH She said (that) she watched TV every day. She said that she was watching TV. She said that she had watched TV. She said that she had watched TV. She said that she would watch TV. She said that she was going to watch TV. She said that she could watch TV. She said that she should watch TV.
She said, I must watch TV. She said, watch TV. She said, Do you watch TV? She said that she had to watch TV. She told me to watch TV. She asked me if I watched TV. When we used reported speech, we change the words that were said to make them fit out into our own sentence. What other words change in reported speech? tomorrow the day after tomorrow this/ these here now today tonight next week/ month/ year yesterday last night last summer summer last July the day before yesterday.. ago -> the next day/ the following day -> in two days time -> that/ those -> there -> then/ at that time -> that day -> that -> the following week/ month/ year -> the day before/ the other day -> the night before/ the other night -> the summer before/ the previous -> the previous July -> the previous two days ->.. before e.g.: Jill said, I am not happy today. Jill said that she was not happy that day. Forming the Reported Speech In Yes/No questions, use if or whether. e.g. : Do you go to school by bus? Anna asked me. Anna asked me whether I went to school by bus. Are you tired? he asked her. He wanted to know whether she was tired.
In Wh-Questions, use the question word. e.g. : When will you come to my house, John? she asked. She wanted to know when John would come to his house. Why did you come here last night? he asked me. He wondered why I had come there the night before. Use to or not to in requests, orders, instructions, etc. e.g. : The doctor said, Drink the aspirin twice a day. The doctor told his patient to drink the aspirin twice a day. Don t stay up late, my mom asked. My mom asked me not to stay up late. Let s PRACTISE! A. Change the pronouns from the quoted speech/direct speech to reported speech. 1. Mr. Smith said, "I need help with my luggage." Mr. Smith said that needed help with luggage. 2. Mrs. Peacock said, "I am going to visit my brother." Mrs. Peacock said that was going to visit brother. 3. Sue andtom said, "We don't like our new apartment." Sue and Tom said that didn't like new apartment. 4. Joe said to me, "I will call you." Joe said that would call 5. Paul said to me, "I'll meet you at your house after I finish my work at my house." Paul said that would meet at house after finished work at house. B. Complete the reported speech sentences. 1. Sara said, "I need some help." Sara said (that) she some help.
2. Linda said, "I'm meeting David for dinner." Linda said (that) she David for diner. 3. Ms. Bell said, "I have studied in Cairo." Ms. Bell said (that) she in Cairo. 4. Bill said, "I forgot to pay my electric bill." Bill said (that) he to pay his electric bill. 5. Barbara said, "I am going to fly to Hawaii for my vacation." Barbara said (that) she to Hawaii for her vacation. 6. I said, "I'll carry the box up the stairs." I said (that) I the box up the stairs. 7. Taufik said to me, "I can teach you to drive!' Taufik said (that) he me to drive. C. Complete the sentences by changing the direct speech to reported speech. 1. Have you ever met Ms. Powell? Mr. Peterson asked me 2. Does Jim know what he s doing? I wondered 3. I need to go to the market before it closes. Janet suddenly remembered 4. Is there anything I can do to help? Sally wanted to know 5. I will come to the meeting, said Juan. Juan told me D. Change the reported speech to direct speech. 1. Bob said that he would help me. Bob said, I will help you. 2. Jennifer said that she wanted a sandwich. 3. Bruce informed me that he was going to move to Ohio. 4. Nancy wanted to know if I had seen her grammar book.
5. Susan said that she didn t want to go. 6. Mike told me that he might be late. 7. Barbara said that she had to go downtown. 8. David asked me what I was talking about. 9. Annie asked me if I needed a pen. 10. Felix told me that I should study harder. 11. Daniel asked me if I could come to his party. 12. Joe said that he would go to the library to study. 13. Professor William announced that he was going to postpone the examination. 14. Connie asked me if I had enjoyed my trip. 15. Sam wanted to know where Amanda was. E. Change the reported speech to quoted speech. Begin a new paragraph each time the speaker changes. Pay special attention to pronouns, verb forms, and word order. Example: This morning my mother asked me if I had gotten enough sleep last night. I told her that I was fine. I explained that I didn't need a lot of sleep. She told me that I needed to take better care of myself.
Written: This morning my mother asked, "Did you get enough sleep last night? "I m fine, I replied. I don t need a lot of sleep. She said, "you need to take better care of yourself. 1. In the middle of class yesterday, my friend tapped me on the shoulder and asked me what time it was. I told her it was twothirty. 2. I met Mr. Redford at the reception for international students. He asked me where I was from. I told him I was from Argentina. 3. When I was putting on my hat and coat, Robert asked me where I was going. I told him that I had a date with Anna. He wanted to know what we were going to do. I told him that we were going to a movie. Bibliography: Murphy, Raymond. 2004. English Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Puchta, Herbert, Jeff Stranks and Peter Lewis-Jones.2012. English in Mind Book 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Walker, Elaine and Steve Elsworth. 2000. Grammar Practice for Upper Intermediate Students. Essex: Pearson Education Limited.