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REPORTED SPEECH, ., . - Coggle Diagram
REPORTED SPEECH
AFFIRMTIVE, NEGATIVE SENTENCES
Present simple for Past simple
I play basketball -- He said he plays basketball.
Present continuous to past continuous
I am playing basketball -- He said he was plaing basketball
past simple to past perfect simple
I played basketball-- he said he had played basketball
can to could
I can play basketball -- He said that he could play basketball
will to would
I will play basketball -- He said that he would play basketball
am/is/are going to to was/were going to
I am going to play basketball -- He said that he's going to play basketball.
QUESTIONS
WH-
"What are you doing?" He asked. John asked What you are doing?
IF/WHETER
He asked if/wether we had bought aa new CD
REQUEST
Can you open the window? she asked to open the door.
COMMANDS
Don't eat anything " She told us" She told use not to eat aything.
WHY WE USE REPORTED SPEECH?
If we report what another person has said, we usually do not use the speaker’s exact words (direct speech), but reported speech (indirect) .
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