Bài 13: REPORTED SPEECH (PHẦN 1)

Contents
- What is reported speech?
- Tense change
- No tense change
- Speakers

What is reported speech?
Sandra speaking to Petra: "Bye, Petra, it's been great seeing you again. I'll call you some time next week when I get a chance."
Petra reporting to Roberta: "I saw Sandra yesterday. She said she'd call me next week."
- Tense change: will → would
- Other changes: you → me

Tense change
- She said she needed some help.

"We are having our lunch."
She said they were having their lunch.

"I've lost my keys."
He said he had lost his keys.

"I wrote two letters to her."
- He said he had written two letters to her. 
- He said he wrote two letters to her.

"They are going to come back."
- She said they were going to come back.

"I will be home at 6.00."
- She said she would be home at 6.00.

No tense change
No change for
must, might, could, should, would
"I must leave straightaway for Brussels."
- He said he must leave straightaway for Brussels.
- He said he had to leave straightaway for Brussels.

"I like apples more than I like oranges."
- She said she likes apples more than she likes oranges.
- She said she liked apples more than she liked oranges.

"I'm going to the cinema tonight. Do you want to come?"
- Jack is on the phone. He says he's going to the cinema tonight.

Speakers in reported speech
Jack said, "We're going to miss the train."
- Jack said they were going to miss the train.

In the test
"I must go next week."
He said he ________ the following week.
A. had to go
B. have to go
C. would have to go
D. would have gone