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REPORTED SPEECH - Coggle Diagram
REPORTED SPEECH
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Commands and request
Command
DIRECT SPEECH → REPORTED SPEECH
Don't use the ball. My mum told me → My mum told me not to use the ball
Request
DIRECT SPEECH → REPORTED SPEECH
Can you open the bottle, please? David said → David asked to open the bottlel
Use
We use reported speech when we want to tell someone what someone said. We usually use a reporting verb (say, tell, ask, etc.) and then change the tense of what was actually said in direct speech.
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