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REPORTED SPEECH



direct statement: He said, “I love her so much“.

indirect statement: He said that he loved her so much.



REPORTING VERBS:

say, mention, claim, asked, add,tell, admire, admit, consider, promise, ….





RULES TO FOLLOW



TENSES:



PRESENT TENSE ( PAST TENSE

He said, “I love her so much”. He saidthat he loved her so much.

PAST TENSE ( PAST PERFECT TENSE

He said, “I loved her so much”. He said that he had loved her so much.

PRESENT PERFECT (PAST PERFECT TENSE

He said, “I have loved her so much”. He said that he had loved her so much.

WILL FUTURE ( WOULD

He said, “I will love her so much”. He said thathe would love her so much.

IMPERATIVE ( INFINITIVE

He said, “Love me!” He told her to love him.



TIME/SPACE EXPRESSIONS:



YESTERDAY ( THE DAYBEFORE

TODAY ( THAT DAY

LAST WEEK/MONTH/… ( THE WEEK/MONTH/… BEFORE

THE PREVIOUS WEEK/MONTH/…

TOMORROW ( THE NEXT DAY

NEXT MONTH/YEAR/… ( THEFOLLOWING MONTH/YEAR/…

THIS/THESE ( THAT/THOSE

HERE ( THERE

NOW ( THEN/AT THAT MOMENT



QUESTIONS:



WH/HOW – Questions ( WH/HOW – word remainsHe asked me, “Why do you love me?”

He asked me why I loved him.

He asked me, “How much do I love me?”

He asked me how much I loved him.



YES/NO - Questions (IF/WHETHER

He asked me, “Do you love me?”

He asked me if I loved him. He asked me whether I loved him.





1) Write what Sarah said, makingthe necessary changes:

SHE SAID THAT….

a) “I’m living in New York.”

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b) “My mother isn’t very well.”...