Indirect Statements

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3. They are repairing your car in the garage. (passive voice)


REVISION
Rewrite the sentences as directed
1. The man has phoned you. He talked to you at the party last night. (Relative cause)
2. He has just finished the reports. (Passive voice)
4. That’s the house. We used to live there in our childhood. (Relative clause)
The man who/ that talked to you at the party last night has phoned you
The reports have just finished
Your car is being repaired in the garage
That’s the house where we used to live in our childhood


INDIRECT STATEMENTS
(REPORTING VERB IN THE PAST)
Compiled by Nguyễn Thị Bích Liên
Reporting Verbs in INDIRECT STATEMENTS
SAY + that clause
TELL +someone + that clause
Some changes!
1. Changes in
Personal Pronouns
Examples
“I spoke to Jane last week,” she said.
She said that she had spoke to Jane the previous week
“I’ll see you soon,” he said to me.
He told me he would see me soon.
2. Changes of Verb Tenses
I often play tennis
She went to Moscow alone
He’s gone home
I’ll go with Anna
She is staying with her aunt
He said that he often played tennis.
Simple Past
He said that she was staying with
her aunt.

He said that she had gone to Moscow alone.

She said that he had gone home.


He said that he would go with Anna.
DIRECT STATEMENTS
INDIRECT STATEMENTS
Simple Present
Present Continuous
Simple Past
Present Perfect
WILL
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect
WOULD
Study the chart below and notice how the tenses are changed

EXAMPLE 1
“ I am a ghost.”
He said that he was a ghost.
Simple Present Simple Past
APRIL 1, 2004
VERB CHANGE !
VERB CHANGE !
EXAMPLE 2
“ I am feeding my baby.”
She said that she was feeding her baby
Present Continuous
Past Continuous
EXAMPLE 3
I was at home
at that time
Past Past Perfect
She said that she had been at home at that time
VERB CHANGE !
“
”
EXAMPLE 4
I can’t do it
He said that he couldn’t do it
VERB CHANGE !
CAN COULD
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“I will be late !”
He said that he would be late.
VERB CHANGE !
WILL WOULD
SPEAKER’S WORDS
REPORTED WORDS
SIMPLE PRESENT
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PAST CONTINUOUS
PRESENT PERFECT
SIMPLE PAST
CAN
WILL
MAY
HAVE TO


SIMPLE PAST
PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT
PAST PERFECT
COULD
WOULD
MIGHT
HAD TO
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I’ m tired.
I don’t want to
swim any more.
I’ve just eaten ten fish.
I can speak.
I want to go home
My mother will take me to the Atlantic Ocean.
PRACTICE 1
IHe said that he could speak
KEY
He said that he had just eaten ten fish
He said that his mother would take him to the Atlantic Ocean.
He said he was tired
He said he didn’t want to swim any more
He said he wanted to go home.
SOME WORDS DO NOT CHANGE
would
could
should
might
must
had + pp ( Past Perfect )
used to




Examples
1.Peter told me. “You must leave a note for your mother.”
Peter told me that I must leave a note for my mother.
2. He said,” I used to live here for ten years.”
He said he used to live there for ten years.
3. Changes of Some Words
Look at the examples:
“I’m cooking now.” she said.
=> She said that she was cooking then.
“We met him at the airport yesterday.”
=>They told me the had met him at the airport the day before.
“My father is going to Ha Noi next week.
=>She said that her father was going to Ha Noi the next week
“The weather is very nice today.”
=>He said the weather was very nice that day.
SPEAKER’S WORDS
NOW
AGO
HERE
THIS
THESE
TODAY
TONIGHT
YESTERDAY
LAST ( WEEK )
TOMORROW
NEXT ( WEEK )
REPORTED WORDS
THEN
BEFORE
THERE
THAT
THOSE
THAT DAY
THAT NIGHT
THE DAY BEFORE
THE ( WEEK ) BEFORE
THE FOLLOWING DAY
THE FOLLOWING ( WEEK )



PRACTICE 1

I had a live show last month
I’ve been in this job for three years
I don’t smoke.
I can’t speak Vietnamese
I like singing
I will go to Ha Noi next week
KEY: She said she ‘d been in that job for three years
KEY:She said she didn’t smoke.
KEY:She said she couldn’t speak Vietnamese
KEY: She said she liked singing
KEY:She said she had had a live show the month before
KEY: She said she would go to Ha Noi the following week.
PRACTICE 3
I’m very busy, I’ve got a lot of appointments. I can’t say very much. I love England. I’ve been here many times before.
He said that he was very busy, and that he’d got a lot of appointments. He said he couldn’t say very much, but he said he loved England. He said he had been there many times before.
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