Reported Speech

Reported speech is used when you want to say something other person said.

Direct speech-> -I am going to buy a house- he said.

Reported speech-> He said he was going to buy a house.

Reported speech questions:

We use if or wether.

DS->Can i borrow this?- he said    RS->He said me if/wether he could borrow that.

If it is a wh- question, we let it and we change the tense of the verb.

DS-> Who is sitting here?- Mary asked. RS-> She asked who was sitting there.

Some modal verbs change

DS-> I can fly- Tom said. RS->Tom said he could fly.

DS->I must leave- Kevin said. RS-> Kevin said he had to leave.

DS-> I'll go to New York- she said. RS-> She said she would go to New York.

We change some words related to time and space.

DS-> The pen is here now- Paul said. RS-> Paul said the pen was there in that moment.

We can report what other said using different verbs.

We can report imperative sentences using verbs like told, ordered...

DS-> Sit down! RS-> He told me to sit down.

We don't make changes to the verb:

-When we report something in a short period of time since the other person told it.

1- That joke was hilarious! 2- What have you just said? 3- He just said that joke was hilarious.

-Reported science facts.

Water boils at 100ºC. ---> He said water boils ay 100ºC.

-When the verb in Direct Speech is in present.

DS->I like chocolate. RS-> He said he likes chocolate.