Review: Unit 5

Reported Speech

When reported someone's words we can do it in two ways:

     Direct speech: Quotation marks 

              

                   "I went to Africa last year"

      Reported speech

                     She said (that) she went to Africa last year

         Direct speech                                   Reported speech

       Present Simple----------------------------Past Simple

       Present Continuous-----------------------Past Continuous

       Present Perfect-----------------------------Past Perfect

       Past Simple---------------------------------Past Perfect

       Will------------------------------------------Would

       Can------------------------------------------Could

       May------------------------------------------Might

       Must-----------------------------------------Had to

       Have to--------------------------------------Had to

Reporting Questions

When we report what people say we usually change the tense of the verbs to reflect what we are reporting-not giving direct speech

     Yes/No questions:

         Direct question:  Do you like this class?

         Reporting Question: He asked if I liked this class

        Direct question:  Did you enjoy your journey?

        Reporting Question: She asked me whether I'd enjoyed my journey

      *For Yes/No questions we use "If" or "Whether" 

     Question with a question word:

         When there's a question word (What, Where, When, Why, Who, How) we used that question word in the reported question but without an auxiliary verb.

         Direct question: Why are you angry?

         Reporting question: She asked him why he was angry