The Sequence of Tenses:
The Reported Speech
Подготовила учитель английского языка Шило М.А.
Курск, 2015
General Rules
1)Изменения временных форм происходят, когда слова автора в прошедшем времени (Past Simple).
2)При переводе прямой речи в косвенную изменяются личные, притяжательные и косвенные местоимения:
Direct Speech
I/you
We/you
My/your (mine/yours)
Our/your (ours/yours)
Me/you
Us/you
Reported Speech
She/he
They
His/her (his/hers)
Their (theirs)
Him/her
Them
3) При переводе прямой речи в косвенную меняются обстоятельства времени и указательные местоимения:
Direct Speech
Reported Speech
Now
Today/tonight
Tomorrow
Yesterday
This (morning)
(A week) ago
Last (week)
Next (week)
Here
This
These
Then/at the moment
That day/night
The next day/the following day
The day before/the previous day
That (morning)
(A week) before
The (week) before/The previous week
The following (week)
There
That
Those
Reported Command and Request
1)Для передачи косвенного требования или просьбы используются глаголы: ask, tell (somebody), command, order, recommend, advise.
2)Глагол в повелительном наклонении в прямой речи принимает форму инфинитива с частицей to в косвенной .
Ex: The teacher asked: Open your books, please. - The teacher asked to open the books
3)Отрицательная форма повелительного наклонения в косвенной речи теряет вспомогательный глагол Do
Ex: Nelly said: Children, don't open the window! - Nelly told the children not to open the window.
Use the Reported Command or Request
1) «Sit down, please.»
The teacher told his pupils_________________________ down.
2) «Don't play with my toys!»
He asked his little brother ____________________ with _____ toys.
3) «Give me the book, please.»
Ann told her daughter ____________________________ the book.
4) «Don't open the window now.»
Granny advised them ________________the window at the moment.
5) «Be quiet!»
The policeman told them___________________________quiet.
Reported positive and negative statements
1) Для передачи в косвенной речи утвердительных и отрицательных предложений чаще всего используются глаголы: said (something), told (somebody) + that
Ex: She said that she was a teacher. She told me that she liked cats.
Возможно введение косвенной речи с помощью глаголов: replied, explained, reported, informed, answered, promised, derclared etc.
Ex: He replied that he had done the work. They explained that they were reading at that moment. She reported that the article had been written.
2) При переводе в косвенную речь меняется форма глагола:
Direct Speech
Reported Speech
Present Simple: V/Vs/
don't V/doesn't V
Past Simple: Ved/V2/
didn't V
Ex: I like it.
Ex: She said that she liked it.
He doesn't read books.
Present Continuous:
am/is/are (not) Ving
He said he didn't read books.
Past Continuous:
was/were (not) Ving
Ex: Nelly is dancing .
They are not jumping.
Present Perfect:
have/has (not) V3
Ex: She said Nelly was dancing .
She said they weren't jumping .
Past Perfect:
Had (not) V3
Ex: I have seen him.
It hasn't eaten yet.
Present Perfect Continuous:
have/has (not) been Ving
Ex: He said that he had seen him.
Ex: She has been crying for 2 hours.
He said that it hadn't eaten yet.
Past Perfect Continuous:
had (not) been Ving
We haven't been reading the book since morning.
Ex: They said that she had been crying for 2 hours.
They said that they hadn't been reading since morning.
Direct Speech
Present Simple: V/Vs/
don't V/doesn't V
Present Continuous:
am/is/are (not) Ving
Present Perfect:
have/has (not) V3
Present Perfect Continuous:
have/has (not) been Ving
Future:
will (not) V
Past Simple:
Ved/V2/ didn't V
Past Continuous:
was/were (not) Ving
Reported Speech
Past Simple: Ved/V2/
didn't V
Past Continuous:
was/were (not) Ving
Past Perfect:
Had (not) V3
Past Perfect Continuous:
had (not) been Ving
Future-in-the-Past:
would (not) V
Past Perfect
Had (not) V3
Past Perfect Continuous
had (not) been Ving
Past Perfect: Had (not) V3
Past Perfect Continuous:
had (not) been Ving
Но : Past Perfect: Had (not) V3
Past Perfect Continuous:
had (not) been Ving
Direct Speech
Future:
will (not) V
Reported Speech
Ex: She will play tennis.
Future-in-the-Past:
would (not) V
I won't watch TV.
Past Simple:
Ved/V2/ didn't V
Ex: She said she would play tennis.
He said he wouldn't watch TV.
Past Perfect
had (not) V3
Ex: She lived here.
He didn't write the letter.
Past Continuous:
was/were (not) Ving
Ex: She said she had lived there.
Ex: I was having lunch at that moment.
He said he hadn't written it.
Past Perfect Continuous
had (not) been Ving
They were not reading at 4 o'clock yesterday.
Ex: He said that he had been having lunch at that moment.
Но : Past Perfect: Had (not) V3
She said that they hadn't been reading at 4 o'clock the day before.
Past Perfect: Had (not) V3
Ex: They said he had (not) done his work by 6 o'clock.
Ex: He had (not) done his work by 6 o'clock.
Past Perfect Continuous:
had (not) been Ving
Past Perfect Continuous:
had (not) been Ving
Ex: You had (not) been crying when I came.
Ex: He said she had (not) been crying when he cаme.
Choose the correct variant in the Reported Speech
1) «She reads very well.»
a) reads b) to read c) read d) has read
2) Sam said: « I have already been to London.»
a) I had been b) he has been c) he was d) he had been
3) Two brothers said: « We didn't go to school last year.»
a) they didn't go b) they not to go c) they hadn't gone d) we hadn't gone
4) The boy said: « I was playing the piano at 6 o'clock yesterday.»
a) he had been playing b) I had been playing c) he played d) he had played
5) Our parents said: « We won't be at home in the evening tomorrow.»
a)they won't be b)we wouldn't be c)we wouldn't were d)they wouldn't be
Check your answers
1) «She reads very well.»
The teacher told his pupils that she read very well.
2) « I have already been to London.»
Sam said that he had already been to London.
3) « We didn't go to school last year.»
The brothers told the teacher that they had not gone to school the year before.
4) « I was playing the piano at 6 o'clock yesterday.»
The boy said that he had been playng the piano at 6 o'clock the day before.
5) « We won't be at home in the evening tomorrow.»
Our parents said that they wouldn't be at home in the evening the next day.
Reported Questions
1) Косвенные вопросы вводятся с помощью глаголов: asked, wondered, wanted to know, inquired etc.
Ex: Mary wanted to know if her friend was at home.
2) В косвенных вопросах мы используем прямой порядок слов как в утвердительных и отрицательных предложениях.
Ex : They asked where she had gone .
3) В косвенных вопросах пропадают вспомогательные глаголы do, does , did , а сказуемое изменяет свою форму в соответствии с согласованием времён.
Ex: « Did he meet her in Moscow?» - I asked if he had met her in Moscow.
4) Общие вопросы присоединяются с помощью союза if .
Ex: «Is she doing her homework now?» - Mother asked if she was doing her homework at that moment.
5) Cпециальные вопросы присоединяются тем вопросительным словом, с помощью которого строился прямой вопрос
Ex: « Why have you left the room?» - They wondered why she had left the room.
Correct the mistakes
1) «Is he a student at the University?»
My friend asked if he is a student at the University.
2) «How old are you, Mary?»
Tom wondered how old was Mary .
3) «Did you watch the match yesterday, Ben?»
Ann wanted to know if Ben watched the match the day before .
4) «What was he doing there at midnight 2 days ago?»
The policeman asked what he had done there at midnight two days before.
5) «Does he really like the book?»
The librarian wondered he really liked the book.
Check your answers
1) «Is he a student at the University?»
My friend asked if he was a student at the University.
2) «How old are you, Mary?»
Tom wondered how old Mary was .
3) «Did you watch the match yesterday, Ben?»
Ann wanted to know if he had watched the match the day before .
4) «What was he doing there at midnight 2 days ago?»
The policeman asked what he had been doing there at midnight two days before.
5) «Does he really like the book?»
The librarian wondered if he really liked the book.
Revision
1) «Have you got the keys, Alex?»
She asked ______________________________________ the keys.
2) «Don't go away, Tom!»
She asked Tom ______________________________ away.
3) «I have been learning German this year.»
Ann said that ___________________________________ German _________ year.
4) «Why were you so late yesterday, boys?»
The teacher wondered _______________________________ so late ____________________.
5) «She doesn't understand the rule.»
He said that she __________________________________ the rule.
Check your answers
1) «Have you got the keys, Alex?»
She asked if he had got the keys.
2) «Don't go away, Tom!»
She asked Tom not to go away.
3) «I have been learning German this year.»
Ann said that she had been learning German that year.
4) «Why were you so late yesterday, boys?»
The teacher wondered why they had been so late the day before .
5) «She doesn't understand the rule.»
He said that she didn't understand the rule.
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