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reported speech; now: then, at that time: today: that day, on Sunday, yesterday: tonight: that night, last night, on Sunday night: tomorrow: the next day/ the following day, on Sunday, today: yesterday: the day before/ the previous day, on Sunday: last night: the night before/ the previous night, on Sunday night: this week: that week, last week ...
- Requests
reported request; I said politely, "Please make less noise."...
- Reported Speech
Reported speech is called "indirect speech" by some people....
- Requests
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: Direct speech: I like ice cream. Reported speech: She says (that) she likes ice cream.
I'm exhausted. I don't think I can go any further. I really need to stop for a rest. Peter: Don't worry. I'm not surprised you're tired. I'm tired too. I'll tell you what, let's see if we can find a place to sit down, and then we can stop and have our picnic. Reported speech (summary):
'I'll do the report by Friday, for sure.' She promised to do the report by Friday. 'It's not a good idea to write your passwords down.' They advised us not to write our passwords down. We can also use an infinitive to report imperatives, with a reporting verb like tell, order, instruct, direct or warn. 'Please wait for me in reception.'
REPORTED SPEECH: CHANGE OF TIME AND PLACE. Time/place references change when using reported speech. Example. “I will see you here tomorrow “, she said. —–> She said that she would see me there the next day. The most common of these changes are shown below: Other changes:
Indirect speech focuses more on the content of what someone said rather than their exact words. In indirect speech, the structure of the reported clause depends on whether the speaker is reporting a statement, a question or a command.
Beginner. 20 mins. Reported speech. Time and place must often change when going from direct to reported speech (indirect speech). In general, personal pronouns change to the third person singular or plural, except when the speaker reports his own words: I/me/my/mine, you/your/yours = him/his/her/hers.
