REPORTED SPEECH: statements

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INTRODUCTION

• There are two main ways of reporting peoples
  words, thoughts, beliefs, etc
• direct speech We can give the exact words that
  were said.
• So he said, I want to go home, and just walked
  out.
• indirect speech We can make a speakers words
  part of our sentence, changes are then necessary.
• So he said that he wanted to go home, and just
  walked out.

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Basic Rules for Indirect Speech

• Change of situation
• Words that are spoken or thought in one place at
  a different time, and perhaps by another person.
  These changes are mostly logical.
• Bill (on Saturday evening) I dont like this
  party. I want to go home now.
• Peter (on Sunday morning) Bill said that he
  didnt like the party, and he wanted to go home
  right away.
• Pronouns
• A change of speaker change of pronoun.

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• Here and now words
• A change of place and time may mean changing
  words like here, this, now, today.

Direct Sp. Reported Sp.
Here There
This That
These Those
Now Then
Today That day
Tonight That night
Tomorrow The next day/ the following day
Yesterday The day before
Next week The following week
Last week The week before
Ago Before
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• Tenses
• A change of time may mean a change of tense
  after past reporting verbs, the verbs of the
  original speech are usually backshifted -made
  more past.
• Sometimes this means that past verbs are used to
  talk about the present or the future.
• Your mother said that I could play here today.
• After present, future and present perfect
  reporting verbs, tenses are usually the same as
  in the original (because there is no important
  change of time).
• He says he doesnt want to play any more.

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And remember!!!!!!!!

• When using SAY
• Dont use the object pronoun
• She said she had to study.
• When using TELL
• Use the object pronoun
• She told me that the restaurant was great.
• In both cases the introductory that is not
  necessary