Reported Speech with Conditional Sentences I. Definition: It refers to using a noun clause to repeat what someone has said II. How to make a reported speech with conditional sentences: 1. Deleting quotation mark (“…”) and colon (:) Ex: Direct: He said: “If it rains, I will stay at home” Indirect: He said that if it rained, he will stay at home 2. Changing the pronoun Pronoun Function Direc t Indirect Direc t Indirect Personal Pronoun Subject Chuû ngöõ I He, she Phaåm ñònh My His, her We They Our Their You They Your Their Possessive pronoun Object Taân ngöõ Me Him, her Ñònh danh Mines His, hers Us Them Ours Theirs You Them Yours Theirs 3. Changing the tense of verbs Example: 1. He said: “If it rains, I will stay at home”  He said that if it rained, he would stay at home 2. She said: “if I were a bird, I would be a dove”  She said that if she were a bird, she would be a dove 3. Mary said to him: “if you had followed my advice, you could have been the winner”  Mary said to him that if he had followed her advice, he could have been the winner * Note: Conditional type 1: we apply all the necessary changes as usual (change of verb tenses, pronouns, adverbs of time & place) Conditional type 2 & 3: we do not change of verb tenses but we follow the rules to change pronouns, adverbs of time & place 4. Changing the time and the place Directed Reported speech Directed Reported speech now 2 days ago today tonight tomorrow yesterday then 2 days before that day that night the next day / the following day the day before next week last year here this these the following week the year before/ the previous year there that those Complied by: nguyenlylien Page 1 of 2 Practice Exercise 1: Change the following conditional sentences into reported speech 1. “If I had a permit, I could get a job” He said that 2. “If I had dropped this vase, it would have broken” Her father said to him 3. “If you have to do the washing up, I will help you” Her husband said to her 4. “I would run away if I saw a spider” The girl said 5. “We’d have given you a lift if you hadn’t had your motorbike with you” My friend said to me 6. “If you had listened to me, the accident wouldn’t have happened” My farther said to me 7. “If we don’t get these tickets for the concert, we’ll stayed at home” They said to me 8. “We’d go by bus if we didn’t have a car” My friends said to me 9. “You wouldn’t have taken the bread if you hadn’t been hungry” Her sister said to him Exercise 2: Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Add “will (‘ll) or would (‘d)” if necessary 1. If someone (walk) _______________ in here with a gun, I’d be very frightened 2. I’m sure he (understand) _______________ if you explain the situation to her 3. He always (complain) _______________ if I’m late 4. If he spoke more clearly, we (understand) _______________ him 5. If you ask _______________ me, I would explain it to you Exercise 3: Rewrite these sentences, using conditional type 3 1. He didn’t listen to his parents. He failed at the exam. If 2. The thief left his gloves at the scene. He was arrested. If 3. They did not arrive in time. They didn’t see the ceremony. If 4. She walked to this meeting. She was late. If 5. The woman did not say what she wanted. I put the phone down. If Complied by: nguyenlylien Page 2 of 2