REPORTED SPEECH

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What is it?

How do you use it? I passed the exam!!!!

Rick passed his exam!!

It is the structure we use when we want to tell another person about a conversation that took place in the past


Look at the example

Lyla: “I had a job interview on Friday. I really want to work for this Company. It is my life dream.�

Lyla said that she had a job interview last Friday. She said that she really wanted to work for that Company. She said it was her life dream.

Direct speech Reported Speech


What have changed? Pronouns

I My

she her

Tense

want is

wanted was

Time expressions

on Friday

last Friday


Changes pronouns


Changes in verb tenses Direct Speech

Reported Speech

Present simple

Past simple

Past simple

Past simple / past perfect

Present continuous

Past continuous

Future will

would

Future am/is/are going to

Was/were going to


Changes in time expressions Time

Place

Now

Then

Here

There

Today

That day

This

That

This week

That week

these

Those

Tomorrow

The next day

Yesterday

The day before

Last week

The week before


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