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Reported Speech

When reporting something that someone else said in the past, there are a few key things to keep in mind: 1. Begin the report with "Someone said that" or "Someone told me that". 2. Change verbs to the past tense. 3. Be careful with pronouns and make sure they agree with who is speaking. 4. Keep the overall meaning and key details the same while changing the context to reported speech.

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Reported Speech

When reporting something that someone else said in the past, there are a few key things to keep in mind: 1. Begin the report with "Someone said that" or "Someone told me that". 2. Change verbs to the past tense. 3. Be careful with pronouns and make sure they agree with who is speaking. 4. Keep the overall meaning and key details the same while changing the context to reported speech.

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Reported Speech

?What is it? How do we use it


.Yesterday I saw Sara
She told me that she
got 10/10 in her
.English exam

..Today ..Yesterday
:We often use reported speech to

.Give someone a telephone message .1 •


For example: Maha said that she couldn’t come today •
.because she was sick

Tell someone news that we heard from .2 •


.someone else
.For example: Nora told me that Amal graduated •

.To report something that happened earlier .3 •


For example: Ahmad said that the other driver ran the red •
.light and hit his car
How Do we use Reported
?Speech
When we use Reported Speech, we are •
usually talking about something that
.happened in The Past

Therefore, Verbs usually change to the* •


.past
:For example
am / is become was

are becomes were

Have / has become had

can becomes could

will becomes would


In Reported Speech you should use
:this structure
…………………… Someone said ( that )

:Or

…………………… Someone told me ( that )


I’m not happy at my job
anymore and I think I will
.quit

was
Ahmad told me that he ………. not happy at
.…………………his job anymore thought
and he
would quit
.he ………….
:Be careful with pronouns
My sister is coming to
.visit me soon

her
Ameera said that ………… sister was coming
her
.to visit ………… soon
Report the
following
quotes
I find that the harder I work, the
more luck I seem to have.

Thomas
Jefferson
He said he found that the harder
he worked, the more luck he
seemed to have.
What did he say?
90% of our worries are about
things that will not happen

Margaret
Thatcher
She said that 90% of their worries
were about things that would not
happen
What did she say?
Everything is funny as long as it
is happening to somebody else.

Will Rogers
He said that everything was funny as
long as it was happening to somebody
else.

What did he say?

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