Using Reported Speech - Matthew Barbee
matthewbarbee.com › __using_reportedspeech_5Using Reported Speech The use of reported speech is especially important at higher English levels. Students, at this point, are fine-tuning their communication skills to include expressing the ideas of others, as well as their own opinions. Students usually need to focus not only on the grammar involved, but also on production skills.
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www.sjsu.edu › ajeep › docsReported speech (also called indirect speech) relates what the person said, but does not use the exact words. You often need to change verbs and pronouns to keep the original meaning. (The students may notice that verb tenses change in reported speech. The general rule is that reported speech “backs up” one verb tense.
Reported Speech - edu.xunta.gal
www.edu.xunta.gal › centros › iesallarizREPORTED SPEECH A) Podemos contar lo que alguien dijo de dos maneras: 1. Repitiendo sus palabras exactas, es decir, empleando el estilo directo. - “I have to go now,” she said. - “We lived in Paris for three years,” Peter said. 2. Contando la idea, pero no las palabras exactas, que es el “estilo indirecto”.
Lesson 9. Reported Speech
jkmentorslibrary.weebly.com › uploads › 3/7/8Lesson 9. Reported Speech Reporting Statements –Tenses 2. Tenses If the sentence starts in the present, there is no backshift of tenses in reported speech. If the sentence starts in the past, there is often backshift of tenses in reported speech. Backshift You must change the tense if the introductory clause is in a past tense (e. g. He said).