What is mixed reported speech?
Mixed Reported Speech 1 (Statements, Questions, Requests and Orders) Change the direct speech into reported speech.
What are the 3 most common reporting verbs in reported speech?
Grammar explanation When we tell someone what another person said, we often use the verbs say, tell or ask. These are called ‘reporting verbs’.
What is reported speech in grammar with examples?
uncountable noun. Reported speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person’s actual words: for example, ‘They said you didn’t like it’, ‘I asked her what her plans were’, and ‘ Citizens complained about the smoke’.
What are the different types of reported speech?
There are two main types of reported speech: direct speech and indirect speech.
How do you write a good reported speech?
But, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, then usually we change the tenses in the reported speech: Direct speech: I like ice cream. Reported speech: She said (that) she liked ice cream….
| Tense | Direct Speech | Reported Speech |
|---|---|---|
| present perfect | I haven’t seen Julie | She said (that) she hadn’t seen Julie. |
What are the basic rules of reported speech?
The Past Perfect Tense does not change in the Reported Speech….Change of tenses.
| Direct speech | Reported speech | |
|---|---|---|
| Ann said: | “I want ice-cream.” | Ann said that she wanted ice-cream. |
| Simple Past | Simple Present | Simple Past |
| Simple Past | Simple Past Present Perfect Past Perfect | Past Perfect |
| Simple Past | will | would |
How do you use direct speech and reported speech in English?
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. We don’t need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the ‘person’ from ‘I’ to ‘she’, for example.
Can you make reported speech from positive and negative sentences?
Direct speech: The sky is blue. Reported speech: She said (that) the sky is/was blue. Click here for a mixed tense exercise about practise reported statements. Click here for a list of all the reported speech exercises. So now you have no problem with making reported speech from positive and negative sentences.
What is an example of reporting speech?
Sometimes someone says a sentence, for example “I’m going to the cinema tonight”. Later, maybe we want to tell someone else what the first person said. Watch my reported speech video: We use a ‘reporting verb’ like ‘say’ or ‘tell’. ( Click here for more about using ‘say’ and ‘tell’ .)
Can you change the tenses in reported speech?
But, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, then usually we change the tenses in the reported speech: Direct speech: I like ice cream. Reported speech: She said (that) she liked ice cream. She said (that) she liked ice cream. She said (that) she was living in London.