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Reported Speech

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Susanna said (that) she was very happy that day.
I am very happy
today.

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We use reported speech to
talk about what someone
said.

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When we report a statement,
we have to:

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 take away the quotation marks
e.g ‘Some students are talking,’
said the teacher.
 The teacher said (that) some
students were talking.

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 change the tense
e.g ‘I am very happy today,’ said Susanna.
 Susanna said (that) she was very
happy that day.
simple present
present continuous
 simple past
 past continuous
 The teacher said (that) some students
were talking.
e.g ‘Some students are talking,’ said
the teacher.

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 change the pronouns
I/you we/you
me/you us/you
my/your our/your
mine/yours ours/yours
 he/she  they
 him/her  them
 his/her  their
 his/hers  theirs
e.g ‘I am very happy today,’ said Susanna.
 Susanna said (that) she was very
happy that day.

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 change the time words
today  that day
yesterday  the day before
tomorrow  the following day
e.g. ‘I am very happy today,’ said
Susanna.
 Susanna said (that) she was
very happy that day.

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How many people
are there in your
family?
Tony asked Ray how many
people there were in his family.

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When we report a question,
we have to:
 change the tense
 change the pronouns
 change the time words
 take away the quotation marks

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We also have to:
 change the question mark to
a full stop
e.g. ‘How many people are there
in your family?’ Tony asked Ray.
 Tony asked Ray how many
people there were in his family.

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 change the order of words
e.g. ‘How many people are there
in your family?’ Tony asked Ray.
 Tony asked Ray how many
people there were in his family.