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In English grammar, we use reported speech to say what another person has said. We can use their exact words with quotation marks, this is known as direct speech, or we can use indirect speech. In indirect speech, we change the tense and pronouns to …

When we want to report what someone said without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, we can use indirect speech ( ...

Reported speech is when you tell somebody else what you or a person said before. Distinction must be made between direct speech and reported speech. Direct ...

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. Here's how it works: We use a reporting verb like 'say' or 'tell'. If this verb is in the present tense, it's easy.

When we report something, we may need to make changes to: time (now, tomorrow); place (here, this room). direct speech, reported speech. She ...

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 is when we tell someone what another person said. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech. direct speech: 'I work in a bank,' ...

Everyday Grammar: Mastering Reported Speech · Rules for reporting speech · The first rule is to choose a reporting verb and tense · The second rule ...

Reported Speech ; shall, I shall come later, She said (that) she would come later. ; should*, I should call my mother, She said (that) she should call her mother.

Reported speech is how we represent the speech of other people or what we ourselves say. There are two main types of reported speech: direct ...

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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' …

Instructions Connection Error Transcript 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. So, direct speech is what someone actually says? Like 'I want to know about reported speech'?