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REPORTED SPEECH - Coggle Diagram
REPORTED SPEECH
CHANGE IN TENSES
DIRECT SPEECH
HE SAID, "I HAVE SEEN (PRESENT PERFECT) SNOW"
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DIRECT SPEECH
THE CHILDREN SAID, "WE ARE LISTENING (PRESENT CONTINUOUS)"
DIRECT SPEECH
SHE SAID, " I AM (PRESENT) TIRED
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CHANGE IN PRONOUNS
RULE 2
First person pronoun in direct speech (i.e. I, we) is not changed if the pronoun (Subject) of reporting is also first person pronoun (i.e. I or we)
RULE 3
Second person pronoun in direct speech (i.e. you) is changed according to “object” of reporting verb
RULE 1
First person pronoun in direct speech (i.e. I, we) is changed according to the pronoun of reporting verb if pronoun in reporting verb is third person pronoun (i.e. he, she)
RULE 4
Third person pronoun in direct speech (i.e. he, she, it) is not changed in indirect speech.
MAIN REPORTING VERBS
direct speech: 'Wait here,' he said.
indirect speech: He told us to wait there.
direct speech: 'It wasn't me who finished the coffee,' he said.
indirect speech: He denied finishing the coffee
direct speech: 'You should come, it's going to be a lot of fun,' she said.
indirect speech: She persuaded me to come
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USE
We use a 'reporting verb' like 'say' or 'tell'. If this verb is in the present tense, it's easy. We just put 'she says' and then the sentence
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