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Indirect speech (also called reported speech) gives the words as subsequently reported by someone. It usually takes the form of a subordinate clause introduced ...

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

Indirect speech or Reported speech is just a way of expressing your intent in questions, statements or other phrases, without essentially quoting them outrightly as the way it is done in indirect speech. Reported Speech Rules. To understand Reported Speech Grammar and Reported Verbs, you need to first understand reported speech rules and how it ...

Reported Speech: Whenever you are quoting someone else’s words, you use two kinds of speeches – Direct or Indirect speech.In this chapter, we will learn all about Direct and Indirect speech and how to convert one into another.

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Reported speech: She said (that) the sky is/was blue. Click here for a mixed tense exercise about practise reported statements. Click here for a list of all the reported speech exercises. Reported Questions. So now you have no problem with making reported speech from positive and negative …

07.11.2018 · 7 Activities for Teaching Reported Speech in the ESL Classroom . When teaching reported speech the potential for mistakes, errors, and the general difficulty is enormous due to the number of changes that are made with verb tenses, patterns, pronouns, questions, time expressions etc..

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Direct speech: Reported speech: Changed tense: Simple present: I like to swim in the ocean: She said she liked to swim in the ocean: Simpe past: Simple present: I live in New Orleans: He said he lived in New Orleans: Simpe past: Past simple: I went to school in the morning: She said she had gone to school that morning: Past perfect: Present continuous

19.03.2009 · Reported speech is also known as indirect speech and is commonly used in spoken conversations to report what others have said. A keen grasp of correct tense usage, as well as the ability to correctly shift pronouns and time expressions, is essential when using reported speech.

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,' ...

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 like 'my' and 'your'.

Alex Case offers 15 ideas for getting learners to use indirect speech. ... Prepare cards with reported speech on one side and direct speech of the same ...

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 ...

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Jan 29, 2019 · Reported speech is also known as indirect speech and is commonly used in spoken conversations to report what others have said. A keen grasp of correct tense usage, as well as the ability to correctly shift pronouns and time expressions, is essential when using reported speech .

Reported Questions. Reported questions are one form of reported speech. She said: "Are you cold?" She asked me if I was cold. He said: "Where's my pen?" He asked where his pen was. We usually introduce reported questions with the verb "ask": He asked (me) if / whether ...

1) I'm sorry I'm late. 2) These truffles are delicious. 3) What time is it? I don't have a watch. 4) Excuse me, I'm looking for my husband/wife. 5) Do those ...

The most common of these changes are shown below: “I saw him today“, she said. “I saw him yesterday“, she said. She said that she had seen him the day before. “I met her the day before yesterday“, he said. He said that he had met her two days before. He said that he would see me the next day. “We’ll come the day after tomorrow ...

Writing Prompt: We use reported speech to tell someone what we have heard or seen. We use reported questions to tell someone what someone has asked. Review the structure and use of reported questions. Then write a letter to a friend telling her about a visit or chat you had with a long lost relative […]

Reported Speech Imperatives Exercise. Reported Mixed Exercise. Reported Questions Grammar: a. We use introductory verbs like ask, wonder, want to know, inquire... b. We change the interrogative word-order to statement word-order. c. All the other changes in …

Reported speech 2 – questions. Do you know how to report a question that somebody asked? Look at these examples to see how we can tell someone what another person asked. direct speech: 'Do you work from home?' he said. indirect speech: He asked me if I worked from home. direct speech: 'Who did you see?' she asked.