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    Direct speech reports the exact words someone said, while reported speech reports the meaning of what someone said but not necessarily their exact words. Reported speech involves changing the tense of the verb to the appropriate past tense and changing other time, place, and pronoun references to reflect when the reporting is occurring rather than when the original statement was made.

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    Direct speech reports the exact words someone said, while reported speech reports the meaning of what someone said but not necessarily their exact words. Reported speech involves changing the tense of the verb to the appropriate past tense and changing other time, place, and pronoun references to reflect when the reporting is occurring rather than when the original statement was made.

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    Reported speech

    Direct speech
    – is the exact words someone used.
    Reported speech
    – is the exact meaning of what
    someone said, but not the exact words.
    She said she had only been into one shop and she hadn’t been very long.
    She added that it wasn’t fair to give her a ticket.
    He told Angela that he had had a family emergency so he hadn’t had time to put
    money in the meter.
    She said she was looking for a ticket machine and she couldn’t find one.
    He said the yellow lines hadn’t been on the road when he had parked that morning.
    She said she had enjoyed his story but she still had to do her job. That was 50 pounds.
    Monday, the eighth of January
    Direct speech is the exact words Reported speech is the exact meaning
    someone used. of what someone said, but not the
    exact words.
    Present Simple Past Simple
    “I usually do my homework in the Ehor said (that) he usually did his
    evening”, Ehor said. homework in the evening.
    Present Continuous Past Continuous
    “I am doing” She said that she was doing
    Present Perfect Past Perfect
    “I have done” She said that she had done
    Past Simple Past Perfect
    I went She said that she had gone.
    can could
    Direct speech Reported speech

    “I want to go to bed early”, he said. He said he wanted to go to bed early.


    “She’s feeding the baby”, he said.
    He said (that) she was feeding the baby.
    “I’ve bought a new dress”, she said. She told me that she had bought
    a new dress.
    “I finished work early”, Alex said. Alex told me that he had finished work
    early.
    “I am planning to call you later”, she She said that she was planning to
    said.
    call me later.
    “This cake is delicious”, Pam told me.
    Pam told me that the cake was delicious.
    “I’m leaving for Germany with my family Sam said that he was leaving for
    tomorrow”, Sam said.
    Germany the following day.
    Direct speech Reported speech
    now then, at that time
    today, tonight that day, that night
    yesterday the day before, the previous day
    tomorrow the next day, the following day
    this week that week
    last week the week before, the previous week
    next week the week after, the following week
    two days ago two days before
    here there

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