Reported Speech

Reported speech
Reported Statements
When do we use reported speech? Sometimes someone says a sentence, for example "I'm going to the cinema tonight". Later, maybe we want to tell someone else what the first person said.
We use a 'reporting verb' like 'say' or 'tell'. (Click here for more about using 'say' and 'tell'.) If this verb is in the present tense, it's easy. We just put 'she says' and then the sentence:
Direct speech: I like ice cream.
Reported speech: She says (that) she likes ice cream.

We don't need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the 'person' from 'I' to 'she', for example. We also may need to change words like 'my' and 'your'.
(As I'm sure you know, often, we can choose if we want to use 'that' or not in English. I've put it in brackets () to show that it's optional. It's exactly the same if you use 'that' or if you don't use 'that'.)
But, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, then usually we change the tenses in the reported speech:
Direct speech: I like ice cream.
Reported speech: She said (that) she liked ice cream.

Let’s practice
He said that he played football every day.
He said that he did his homework.
Julia said that she had a new job.
He said he was playing football.
She said that she had played football.
He said he would play football.
She said that she was going to play football.
He said he could play football.
She said that she might play football.
“I play football every day.” →
“I do my homework every day.” →
“Julia has a new job.” →
“I am playing football.” →
“I have played football.” →
“I will play football.” →
“I am going to play football.” →
“I can play football.” →
“I may play football.” →

Let’s turn the Tenses
To be verb – was/were
Present Simple – Past Simple
Present Continuous – Past Continuous
Past Simple – Past Perfect
Future Simple – Future in the Past (would)
Present Perfect – Past Perfect
Modal verbs (must, have to, can, may) – had to/could/might

В косвенных вопросах (Indirect Questions) действуют те же самые правила изменения времени, что и в утвердительных и отрицательных. Но они делятся на два типа: общие вопросы - Yes/No Questions, на которые можно ответить да или нет и специальные – Information(или Wh-) Questions, на которые ответить просто да или нет не получится. Например:

Данные вопросы образуются без “if ” и “whether”. На их место ставятся вопросительные наречия: where, why, which, who... Остальные правила образования те же, что и в обычных косвенных предложениях.

Indicators

WRITING
p.119 Writing A letter of complaint. Write a letter to complain about something you bought online.

Discussion
Do you like to gossip?
Do your friends often gossip about you?
Why do you think people like to listen to gossip ?
What are some of the things you like to gossip about?
Why is it considered that women gossip more then men? (talkative)
Has someone ever spread a rumor about you?
Has spreading rumors ever got you in trouble?
Do you think that a friend who gossips or starts rumors will ever gossip or start a rumor about you?
Has answering these questions changed your attitude towards gossip?