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Direct Speech Reported Speech; present simple: I like ice cream: She said (that) she liked ice cream. present continuous: I am living in London: She said (that) she was living in London. past simple: I bought a car: She said (that) she had bought a car OR She said (that) she bought a car. past continuous: I was walking along the street

Reported speech, according to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, is defined as “a report of what somebody has said that does not use their exact words.” The Collins Dictionary defines reported speech as “speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person’s actual words.”

Reported or indirect speech is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', ' ...

Reported speech 1 – statements. Do you know how to report what somebody else said? Look at these examples to see how we can tell someone what another person said. direct speech: 'I …

Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said. ... We also may need to change other words that were used, for example pronouns.

Other reporting verbs ; advise. confess. inform ; agree. confirm. insist ; announce. continue. interrupt ; answer. cry (= shout). maintain ; ask.

Reported speech - English Grammar Today - a reference to written and spoken English grammar and usage - Cambridge Dictionary

Reported speech 1: He told us not to stop because/as/since we could win the race. Reported speech 2: He told us not to stop. He said we could win the race. Reported speech 3: He told us not to stop because/as/since we can win the race. Reported speech 2: He told us not to stop. He said we can win the race.

Reported Speech: He says (that) he likes burgers. You don't need to change the tense, but you do need to switch the 'person' from 'I' to 'he’. You also need to change words like 'my' and 'your'. But, …

Reported speech puts the speaker's words or ideas into a sentence without quotation marks. Noun clauses are usually used. In reported speech, the reader ...

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 …

When we want to report what people say, we don't usually try to report their exact words. We usually give a summary, for example: Direct speech (exact words): Mary: Oh dear. We've been walking for hours! I'm exhausted. I don't think I can go any further. I really need to stop for a rest. Peter: Don't worry. I'm not surprised you're tired.

reported speech (my words) He said: "I love you." He said that he loved me. Reported speech is not really difficult. It is more a matter of logic and common sense. You probably have the same …

Reported speech is what another person said, but reported in your own words, for example: JOHN SAID THAT HE LOVED ME. The non-reported (direct) speech is: He said: 'I love you.'

1. We use direct speech to quote a speaker's exact words. We put their words within quotation marks. We add a reporting verb such as "he said" or "she asked" ...

Time words ; last night, the night before/ the previous night, on Sunday night ; this week, that week, last week ; last month, the month before/ the previous month ...

Direct speech (exact words): Mary: Oh dear. We've been walking for hours! I'm exhausted. I don't think I can go any further. I ... I'll tell you what, let's see if we can find a place to sit down, and …

Time and Place in Reported Speech When we report something, we may need to make changes to: time (now, tomorrow) place (here, this room) Don't confuse time with tense. "Tense" is the …

22.5.2010 · Reported speech is the report of one speaker or writer on the words spoken, written, or thought by someone else. Also called reported discourse .

Reported Speech Words Below is a list of reported speech words - that is, words related to reported speech. The top 4 are: latin, grammatical tense, sequence of tenses and utterance. …

Practise reported speech - clear explanations and lots of exercises. ... We also may need to change words like 'my' and 'your'. (As I'm sure you know, ...

Reported speech: She says she likes dogs. Here nothing really needed to be changed except the pronoun, because you are now talking about somebody else, so ‘I’ becomes ‘She’ or ‘He’. The …