Reported Speech

In your end-of-term exam, you will be tested on your knowledge of Reported Speech and how to use it effectively.

In today´s lesson, we will be reviewing this and practising.
1. Read through the summary of rules of reported speech here:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/reported.htm

Make your own notes (either in your notebook or in a word document)

2. Complete exercises 1 and 2 on reported speech n page 72 of your Cambridge Objective Advanced Student´s book.

3. Complete exercises 1 and 2 on Reported Speech on page 35 of your Cambridge Objective Advanced workbook.


Here are some notes, (which I find quite useful!) when looking at reported speech. These may help you for the exercises above.

Tense changes when doing Direct Speech - Reported Speech

Direct speech	Reported speech
present simple     >	past simple
present continuous     >	past continuous
present perfect simple     >	past perfect simple
present perfect continuous     >	past perfect continuous
past simple     >	past perfect simple
past continuous     >	past perfect continuous
past perfect simple    >	past perfect simple
past perfect continuous     >	past perfect continuous

Reporting verbs and their structures

verb + object +  infinitive	verb + infinitive	verb  (that)	verb +  gerund	verb +  object +   preposition +  gerund	verb + preposition + gerund
advise encourage invite remind warn	agree decide offer promise refuse threaten	admit agree decide deny explain insist promise recommend suggest	deny recommend suggest	accuse blame congratulate	apologise insist
Examples: *Jackencouraged me to look for a new job. *They invited  all their friends to attend the presentation.	Examples: *Sheoffered to give him a lift to  work. *My brother refused to take no for an answer.	Examples: *Tom admitted (that) he had  tried to leave early. *She agreed (that) we  needed to reconsider  our plans.	Examples: *He denied having anything to  do with her. *Ken suggested studying early in the morning.