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    The document discusses reported speech, which is used to tell someone about a past conversation. It provides examples of how to change verbs, pronouns, and time/place words when moving a statement from direct to reported speech. Key changes include changing pronouns like "I" to "he/she", changing verbs to past tense, and replacing words like "now" and "here" with "then" and "there" respectively when reporting something that was said in the past. Exercises are provided to demonstrate these reported speech changes.

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    The document discusses reported speech, which is used to tell someone about a past conversation. It provides examples of how to change verbs, pronouns, and time/place words when moving a statement from direct to reported speech. Key changes include changing pronouns like "I" to "he/she", changing verbs to past tense, and replacing words like "now" and "here" with "then" and "there" respectively when reporting something that was said in the past. Exercises are provided to demonstrate these reported speech changes.

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    The document discusses reported speech, which is used to tell someone about a past conversation. It provides examples of how to change verbs, pronouns, and time/place words when moving a statement from direct to reported speech. Key changes include changing pronouns like "I" to "he/she", changing verbs to past tense, and replacing words like "now" and "here" with "then" and "there" respectively when reporting something that was said in the past. Exercises are provided to demonstrate these reported speech changes.

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    Reported Speech

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    JOICY MARIA THOMAS
    The document discusses reported speech, which is used to tell someone about a past conversation. It provides examples of how to change verbs, pronouns, and time/place words when moving a statement from direct to reported speech. Key changes include changing pronouns like "I" to "he/she", changing verbs to past tense, and replacing words like "now" and "here" with "then" and "there" respectively when reporting something that was said in the past. Exercises are provided to demonstrate these reported speech changes.

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    REPORTED SPEECH

    What is it ? How do you use it?


    He said he
    Where’s was feeling
    Tom? ill.

    It is the grammar we use if we want to tell another person about


    a conversation that took place in the past (e.g telephone call,
    news or story that someone told us etc.)
    Look at the example.

    My favourite film is on TV
    tonight. I love comedies.

    MRS BROWN SAID THAT HER FAVOURITE FILM WAS ON


    TV THAT NIGHT. SHE SAID THAT SHE LOVED COMEDIES.
    WHAT HAS CHANGED?

    Pronoun: My his/her
    becomes
    I he/she

    Tense: am was
    becomes
    love loved

    Time words: tonight becomes that night


    IN THE REPORTED SPEECH WE PREFERABLY USE THE PAST
    TENSE

    am /is becomes was


    are becomes were
    has / have becomes had
    see becomes saw
    can(’t) becomes could(n’t)
    will/won’t becomes would(n’t)
    CHANGES IN VERB TENSES

    do did
    (Present Simple) becomes (Past Simple)

    am /is doing was doing


    (Present Continuous) becomes (Past Continuous)

    are doing were doing


    becomes
    (Present Continuous) (Past Continuous)

    has / havedone had done


    becomes
    (Present Perfect) (Past Perfect)
    IF WE WANT TO REPORT A SENTENCE THAT IS ALREADY IN THE PAST TENSE,
    WE NORMALLY USE THE PAST PERFECT.

    I saw the film last week.

    He said he had seen the film the


    week before.
    CHANGES

    Time Place
    Now Then Here There

    Today That Day This That

    This Week That Week These Those

    Tomorrow The Next Day

    Yesterday The Day


    Before
    Last Week The Week
    Before
    EXERCISES

    1) ‘The production is brilliant’ The Times

    2) ‘It’s the funniest show I’ve ever seen’


    Joan Proctor

    3) ‘It made me laugh’ Ben Walsh


    ANSWERS

    1) The Times said the production was


    brilliant.

    2) Joan Proctor said it was the funniest


    show she had ever seen.

    3) Ben Walsh said it had made him laugh

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