RECYCLING ADVANCED ENGLISH
UNIT 11
Reported speech (1)
The modals should, would,
could, ought and might do not change tense in reported speech,
and neither do the second and third conditionals. With a reported
second or third conditional, that is needed, and a comma is
necessary to separate the two clauses if the if clause comes first:
• He pointed
out that if she had bought him a ticket, he could have seen the play too.
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E Turn the
sentences into reported speech.
1
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‘If I had known, I’d have come
earlier,’ she said.
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2
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He said, ‘Unless John tells
the truth, somebody’ll get hurt.’
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3
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‘I really think you should
join the tennis club this summer,’ she said.
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4
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‘If you practised more, you
might be able to make a career out of music,’ her teacher said.
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5
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‘I wouldn’t have had the
accident if the brakes had been repaired properly,’ he said.
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6
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‘He’ll be sent to prison if he
commits a further offence,’ said the magistrate.
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7
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‘You can stay here as long as
you like,’ he said.
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8
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‘I wish Bob would buy himself
a new suit,’ said Maggie.
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Notice how reported
questions are formed from the two types of direct question in English.
a
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questions starting with a
question-word:
• 'When will
you next be in Paris?'
He asked
when she would next be in Paris. (NOT ... *when would she next be in Paris)
• 'When
does your plane take off?'
She asked
when his plane took off.
Notice that no do/did auxiliaries
are needed in reported speech, and that the word order is the same as in
a statement.
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b
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questions starting with a
verb:
• 'Can you
come tomorrow?'
She asked
if/whether I could go the next day/the day after/the following day.
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If/whether connect the
reporting verb and this type of question. If has no connection here
with conditional if. Whether must be used before an infinitive:
• He was not sure whether
to believe them.
• I didn't know
whether to laugh or cry.
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F Correct the
reported questions if necessary. Tick any which are already correct.
1
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I asked how far was it to the
station.
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2
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They wondered how many people
lived in Tokyo.
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3
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She asked me unless I could do
the shopping for her.
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4
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Her father asked her was what
she had told him true.
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5
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The committee enquired whether
she might accept the job.
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6
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The traffic warden asked why
had I parked there.
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7
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I asked the old man what was
his recipe for long life.
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8
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We wondered how did our
neighbours manage to keep their garden so neat.
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9
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The officials asked him what
did he want.
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10
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I only wanted to know where he
had been for so long.
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