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Reported Speech for Grade 6

The document provides information on reported speech including: 1) Reported speech is used to tell someone else about a past conversation. It involves changing the tense and pronouns when reporting what someone else said. 2) Common changes include changing the present tense to past tense, changing pronouns like "I" to "he/she", and changing adverbs of time and place. 3) Examples are given to demonstrate these changes such as changing "I am feeling ill" to "He said that he was feeling ill then".

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Reported Speech for Grade 6

The document provides information on reported speech including: 1) Reported speech is used to tell someone else about a past conversation. It involves changing the tense and pronouns when reporting what someone else said. 2) Common changes include changing the present tense to past tense, changing pronouns like "I" to "he/she", and changing adverbs of time and place. 3) Examples are given to demonstrate these changes such as changing "I am feeling ill" to "He said that he was feeling ill then".

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REPORTED SPEECH

HE SAID THAT HE DROVE


CAREFULLY

ENGLISH PLBJ
GRADE 6
REPORTED SPEECH
What is it ? How do you use it?
Where’s He said he
Tom? was
feelin
g ill.

It is the grammar we use if we want to tell another person


about a conversation that took place in the past (e.g
telephone call, news or story that someone told us etc.)
My favourite film is on TV
tonight. I love comedies.

Mrs Brown said that her favourite film was


on TV that night. She said that she loved
comedies.
If we want to report a sentence that is
already in the Past Tense, we normally use
the Past Perfect.

I saw the film last


week.

He said he had seen the film the


week before.
• Paul said, “I am feeling ill now”.
• Paul said that he was feeling ill then.

What are the changes?


• No speech markers (, “”) in the Indirect Speech.
• We added that (optional)
• Pronoun change (I => He)
• Tense change ( am => was)
• Adverb ( Now – Then)
Pronoun change
• I  He /she
• You  He /she/ they
The doctor said, “You are getting better”.
The doctor said that she was getting
better.
• My his/her
Jane said, “They are my friends”.
 Jane said they were her friends.

They are
my friends
• Me him/her
• Jane said, “He loved me”.
 Jane said he had loved her.

He loved
me.
• Mine his/hers
• Jane said, “It is mine”.
 Jane said it was hers.

It is
mine!
Tense change
• In general, the present • will  would
form in direct speech • can  could
changes to the past form • want/like/know/go etc.
in reported speech: wanted/liked/knew/went
• am/is  was etc.
• are  were • The past simple can stay
• do/does  did the same or you can
• have/has  had change it to the past
perfect (had done / had
seen / had known etc.)
Changes in verb tenses
do did
(Present Simple) (Past Simple)

am /is doing was doing


(Present Continuous) (Past Continuous)

are doing were doing


(Present Continuous) (Past Continuous)

has / have done had done


(Present Perfect) (Past Perfect)
Changes
Time Place
now then here there

today that day this that

this week that week these those

tomorrow the next day

yesterday the day before

last week the week before


“My parents
are very
well”.

He said that his parents were very well.


My father has been
in New York.

He said that his father had been in


New York.
“I'm going to
learn to
drive.”

Jenny said that she was going to learn to


drive.
“We can
finish in
time”.

Jason said they could finish in


time.
I watched TV and
I did my homework.

Sami said that he had watched TV and he had done his


homework.
"I saw him yesterday"

He said that he had seen him the day


before.
Thank you!

Good luck

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