Module 1 a Grammar .. ..
What is Reported Speech ?
Reported Speech is when you tell somebody else what you or person said before .
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Kinds of Reported Speech : 4
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Requests
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Commands
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Questions
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Statements
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2 forms of Speech :
1- Direct Speech : give exact words that someone said , use quotations marks .
Example : Thomas said , ‘Bob is on the phone’
Dan said : ‘ I’ll call you later .’
2- Reported Speech : give the meaning of what someone said , but with some changes and without quotation marks. Example : Thomas said that Bob was on the phone .
Dan said he would call me later .
Reported Speech ( Statements ) changes :
1- pronoun .
2- tenses .
3- place and time expression .
Examples :
1-‘ I like your new bike’ said Ian .
Ian said that he liked my new bike .
Reported Speech ( Questions )
Introduce reported Questions with the Reporting Verbs : ( ask / wonder / and the expression want to know )
Examples :
1-If the Direct Questions begins with a question word, the Reported Question also begins with the same question word .
‘ Why did you go to the doctors ?’he asked .
He asked me why I had gone to the doctor .
2-If the Direct Questions does not begin with a question word, the Reported Question begins with
( if or whether ) .
Did you enjoy the festival ?’ he asked . ‘
He asked me if/whether I had enjoyed the festival .
Reported Speech ( Commands and Requests )
1- Use tell , command or order when we report commands .
2- Use ask or beg when we report requests .
