Reported Speech - Rules, Statements, Questions, Orders and ...
www.vedantu.com › english › reported-speechReported Statements; Reported speech is used when someone says a sentence, like, "I'm going to the movie tonight". Later, we want to tell a 3rd person what the first person is doing. It works like : We use a reporting verb i.e 'say' or 'tell'. In the present tense, just put in 'he says'. Direct Speech: I like burgers. 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 ...
reported-speech - Google Docs
docs.google.com › document › dREPORTED SPEECH: OTHER POINTS. A. MUST: after a past reporting verb, must does not usually change: He said, “It must be pretty late, I really must go”. → He said that it must be pretty late and he really must go. had to is also possible in reported speech, but this is really the past of have to, not must. He said, “I have to go.