Reported speech

Lilly and Joe met this morning. Lilly was so happy for her friend Amelie and told Joe some news
about her best friend. Read what she told Joe:

Lilly: Joe do you remember my best friend Lilly?

Joe: Yes of course. She is the girl you used to be every day
after school. Where is she now?
Lilly: She is in France! She met a handsome man and she told
me she was getting married in January!
Joe: Ohhh for real?
Lilly: yes! But the most important thing is that she asked me if
I wanted to be her bridesmaid! I’m so excited, I’ve never been
a bridesmaid before!
Answer the next questions:
Look at the highlighted sentences what did Lilly did originally?
Can you remember a suggestion someone gave you and it’s important for you?
 Reported speech
 
When we want to reproduce what other person said or told us (direct speech) we need to use the
reported speech:
 
Direct speech Reported speech
I am an English student She said she was a teacher.

When we report, what other person said the subjects and time expressions change too.
Direct Speech
Yesterday I went to the bank when I saw Anne.

Reported speech
Lilly said that the previous day when she went to the bank, she saw Anne.
 Reported speech

Tense Direct speech Tense Reported speech

Simple present I work at home. Simple past She said she worked at home.

Simple past I went to the cinema. Past perfect She said she had gone to the
cinema.

Present continuous They are traveling. Past continuous He told me they were traveling.

Present perfect I have eaten sushi. Past perfect They told me she had eaten sushi.

Past perfect We had visited our parents. Past perfect My mother said they had visited
their parents

Will It’ll rain Would She said it would rain.

Can They can play the piano. Could They could play the piano.

Should You should go to the doctor. Should My father suggested that I should
go to the doctor.
My son is so funny. Yesterday he told me he had discovered
that the moon followed him. I laughed all day!

Time expressions Direct speech Reported speech

Today Yesterday/ that day
Yesterday The day before / the previous day
Tomorrow The next day / On Monday, Tuesday …
This month/ week/year That month/ week/year

Michiu Kaku, the famous scientist, said that in the next

decades, all industries without exception would be
revolutionized by big data analytics.
What did Michio Kaku say originally?