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Reported Speech

Direct Speech is when one person talks directly to another or to a group.� Reported speech is when this person tells others what he/she said, or someone else reports what he/she said.

Examples:

-My work is done.� I am going home.

-What did she say?

-She said that her work was done and she was going home.

Notice how the present tense changes to the past.

-Last week I went swimming.

-What did you say?

-I said that I had gone swimming the previous week.

When the sentence is in the past, we change it to the Past Perfect Tense when we report it.� Also we change "last week" to "previous week"

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Expressions of time if reported on a different day
this (evening)	=	that (evening)
today	=	yesterday ...
these (days)	=	those (days)
now	=	then
(a week) ago	=	(a week) before
last weekend	=	the weekend before last / the previous weekend
here	=	there
next (week)	=	the following (week)
tomorrow	=	the next/following day

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Now try these exercises:

1.� "I am going swimming tomorrow"

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2.� "Where are we going on vacation?��

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3.� "They were in Paris last month."

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4.� "They will be coming home soon.

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5.� "How many people will be coming to the party?

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Read and then fill in the answers:

We are having a party tomorrow night.� Many people will be coming to the party.� We will have dancing and singing.� The party will begin at 8:00 o'clock in the evening.� There�is going to be a small band.� The band will arrive at 7:00 o'clock, and the caterers will be there from the morning.� I hope everyone has a good time.

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Mary said that they �having a party .� She said there �be many people coming to the party.� She added that there �dancing and singing.� She informed us that the party �begin at 8:00 .� She said there �going to be a small band.� She excitedly said that the band �arrive at 7:00 o'clock, and the caterers �be there from .� She also �everyone would have a good time.

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Put the following sentences into�Reported Speech:

1.� Tom:� We are having a party next week.

Tom said .

2.� Mary:� I am going to Thailand tomorrow.

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Mary told them .

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3.� Susan:� They spilled the water on the floor.

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Susan complained that .

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4.� Peter:� I don't think so.

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Peter replied .

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5.� Mother:� Do as you are told.

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Mother told them .

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