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.
Watch my reported speech video: Here's how it works: We use a 'reporting verb' like 'say' or 'tell'. (Click
here for more about using 'say' and 'tell'
.) If this verb is
in the present tense, it's easy.
We just put 'she says' and then the sentence:
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Direct speech: I like ice cream.
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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'.
But, if the reporting verb is in the past
tense, then usually we change the tenses in the reported speech:
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Direct speech: I like ice cream.
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Reported speech: She said (that)
she
liked ice cream.
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Choose the correct word or phrase in each sentence.
Turn the following sentences into reported speech
1. "My friend lives in Moscow," said Alec.
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Choose the correct answer
Turn following sentences into direct speech
1. Не said that while crossing the English Chan¬nel they had stayed on deck all the time.
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