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Reported speech

Reported speech

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English

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5th Grade - University

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Easy

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Miss López

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Uses

We use reported speech when we want to tell someone what someone said.

We usually use a reporting verb (e.g. say, tell, ask, etc.) and then change the tense of what was actually said in direct speech.

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examples

  • Other things that change: can changes to could; will changes to would; etc.

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more examples

  • She said she was having the interview at four o’clock.

    (Direct speech: 'I’m having the interview at four o’clock.')

  • They said they’d phone later and let me know.

    (Direct speech: 'We’ll phone later and let you know.')

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other changes you MUST do

  • pronouns and adverbs of time and place.

  • We went yesterday.' > She said they had been the day before.

  • 'I’ll come tomorrow.' > He said he’d come the next day.

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Open Ended

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What is the meaning of this sentence?

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Open Ended

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What is the meaning of this sentence?

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Poll

Reported Speech is:

easy

more or less

very diffcullt

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Poll

Do you need more exercises to understood the reported speech?

Yes

No

Yes and another explanation

pattern-tertiary

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