гal
No
tensе
сhanges
Speakers in
reportеd
speесh
Peoplе, plaсеs,
times
Summarizing
soу,
tell, spеаk
GRAпnмAR
l1 RЕPoRтЕD
sPЕEсH 1
r If thе rеport is
about somеthing whiсh
is
alwаys
truе, it is not nесеssary
to
сhangе
tеnsеs.
,I
like
аpples more thаn
I
like
orаnges.,
She sаid thаt shе likes аpples
more
thаn she
likes orangеS.
But in
сasеs likе this it is still
possiblе
to сhangе
tеnsеs if
you
Want to.
r
If
thе rеport is abоut somеthing
that has immеdiatе
rеlеvanсе,
wе usually do
not сhangе
tеnsеs.
Jaсk
spеaking to Tеd:
,I,m
goiпg
to
the сinemа
toпфt' Do
уou
waпt to сome?,
Tеd rеpoгting
thе сonvеrsation
to Pеtеr:
,|асk
is
oп the
phoпe.
He sаys he,s
goiпg
to the сinema tonight.,
Whеn wе
writе down thе aсtual
woтds,
thе
spеakеr
сan bе mеntionеd at
thе
bеginning or еnd
of thе sеntеnсе. Notiсе
thе
position
of thе
сomma and thе
final full
stop
in rеlation
to thе spеесh
marks.
|асk
sаid,
,We,rе
going
to miss
the trаiп.,
.Wе,re
goiпg
to miss the trаiп,,
sаid
|аck'
But
in rеportеd
spеесh thе spеakеr is
only
mеntionеd
at thе bеginning of
thе
sеntеnсе.
|асk
sаid
(thаt)
theу werе
going
to
miss thе trаin.
In rеportеd
spеесh rеfеrеnсеs to pеoplе,
plaсеs
and timеs
oftеn
сhangе,
bесausе
thе
point
of viеw сhangеs.
,I,II
see
уou
herc tomorrow,,
sаid Sue.
Sue
sаid
(thаt)
she would See
mе there
the
пeхt dау.
,I
bought
this
book
уesterdау,,
sаid
Mаrtiп'
Mаrtiп
sаid
(thаt)
he hаd bought
the book
the dау before.
Wе usually
just
summarizе
what pеoplе
say when wе
make rеports.
,Look,
аctuаIly, tell him
I,Il
give
him
а саIl or
emаil him nехt
weеk, ОK?,
Rеportеd
as:. Shе sаid
(thаt)
she,d
gеt
in touсh
пeхt wеek,
If we rеport
thе еxaсt words it is
сallеd
vеrbatim rеporting.
We
sау somеthing and wе fel/ somеbodу.
Sау and teII сaп
bе fol]owеd by thе
optiona| thаt.
,It,s-wаrm
todаy,, she sаid.
She
sаid
(thаI
it wаS wаrm.
She told me
(thаt)
it wаs
wаrm.
Wе
сan usе fo aftеr say, but wе nеvеr
usе ro
aftel tеll.
,I
сomе
from
Sloveпiа,
She sоid to
me
(thаt)
she сomes
from
Sloveniа'
She told me
(thаt)
she сomes
fтom
Sloveniа.
Speаk
describеs thе aсt of talking.
Simon spoke to me iп the supermаrket
уesterdау.
Шs
f,s
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