Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Reported Speech - Coggle Diagram
Reported Speech
When to use reported speech
Is used to summarise what someone said
It´s used to communicate the message of what was actually said in more concise manner
It's not just a different way of transcribing what was actually said
Reported speech and indirect speech
These two terms mean the same
This is the simplest of transformation
Reported speech
Zoe said she was hungry
FCE reading and use of english part 4
Have to change the given sentence into a second sentence using a given word
Direct speech
Present simple
"I am hungry"
Reported speech
Past simple
"She said she was hungry"
Present continuous
goes to:
Past continuous
Present continuous
"The sun is shining"
Past continuous
"He said that the sun was shining
Past simple
"It was a great evening"
Past perfect
She said it had been a great evening
Present simple in direct speech goes to past simple in reported speech