Reported speech intermediate
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The document explains what reported speech is and how to use it. Reported speech is used to tell someone about a past conversation. When using reported speech, verbs typically change to the past tense and pronouns may need to change depending on who is speaking. Examples are provided to demonstrate how direct quotes are changed to reported speech.
![Reported Speech It is a grammatical structure that is used when we want to tell another person about a conversation that took place in the past. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],2. Tell someone news that we heard from someone else: Example: Tom told me that he and Karen got engaged! 3. To report something that happened : Example: Sam said that the other driver wasn’t paying attention and hit his car.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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