look at the examples,than match them to the situations.
A : it says that it's the story of an ordinary couple.
B : my brother tells everyone that his girlfriend know one of the actors!
1 we know who somebody is talking to.
2 we don't know who somebody is talking to
Complete the rule.
we use reported speech to report what somebody says.
The most common reporting verbs are ...... and tell.
Read the examples again, then circle the correct options and discover the rules.
We use say/ tell when we don't specify who somebody is talking to.
We use say/ tell when we specify who somebody is talking to.
When the reporting verb is in the present simple, the verb being reported changes / doesn't change.
Circle the correct reporting verb.
Amy says / tells me she wasn't at school yesterday.
1 Mr Clark says / tells there will be some extra homework on Tuesday.
2 My father says / tells there will be have satellite television.
3 My best friend says / tells me all her secrets.
4 My sister always says / tells us about her adventures on holiday.
5 Craig says / tells he played an excellent game of tennis last week.
6 Cindy and Brad say / tell they have been friends since primary school.
hot tip
We sometime use that after say and tell, but we often omit it in spoken English.
Read the examples, then complete the rules.
jill : Which channel is it on ?
jill : asks which channel it is on.
For Wh-questions the reported question starts with the ........ word.
jill : Would you like to watch a quiz show ?
jill : wants to know if Matt would like to watch a quiz show.
For Yes / No questions the reported questions starts with ..... or whether.
Reported questions have a different word order from direct questions :