The Reported Speech

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When do we use the Reported Speech?
Sometimes someone says a sentence…
“I am going to the cinema tonight”.
Later, maybe we want to tell someone else
what the first person said.

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He told me he was
going to the cinema
that night.

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We usually use a “reporting verb”
like “say” or “tell”
He told me that he loved me.
He said to me that he
wanted to marry me.

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With “tell” we NEED to use
the direct object (me, you, us):
John told me (that) he was going to be late.
With “say” we CAN / CAN`T use
the direct object (me, you, us):
John said / said to me (that) he would be late.

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Examples of Reporting Verbs:
He decided …
He affirmed …
He exclaimed …
He explained …
He confessed …
He asked…
He questioned…
He wondered…
He inquired…

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If the sentence starts in the past, pay attention to the following
transformations:

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From
this (evening)
today / this day
these (days)
now
(a week) ago
last weekend
here
next (week)
tomorrow
To
that (evening)
that day
those (days)
then
(the week) before
the weekend before /
the previous weekend
there
the following (week)
the next / following day

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For WH-questions
Subject + Verb
Direct Questions
Reported Questions
Where is the Post Office,
please?
She asked me
where the Post Office was.
What are you doing?
She asked me what I was doing.
Who was that fantastic
man?
She asked me
who that fantastic man had been.

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Reporting Questions
To report a “Yes / No” question we use “If”
Direct Question
Reported Question
Do you love me?
He asked me if I loved him.
Have you ever been to Mexico?
She asked me
if I had ever been to Mexico.
Are you living here?
She asked me if I was living there.

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