REPORTED SPEECH TENSE SHIFTS / TENSE CHANGESPART III hope I would not give you a headache with all the detailsI will be exposing hereafter.As I previously explained, reported speech is all about sometense shifts. And here they are:A/ STATEMENTSDIRECT SPEECH.................REPORTED / INDIRECT SPEECH 1. Simple Present............... Simple Past(am / is / are) (was / were)(have / has) (had)(speak / speaks) (spoke)Rachid said,"I am happy." ...
Monday, 15 June 2009
REPORTED SPEECH / INDIRECT SPEECH : PART I
REPORTED SPEECH / INDIRECT SPEECHPART IDIRECT SPEECHDirect speech is what people actually say in real life situations. Direct speech is referred to as quoted speech and involves repeating the exact words of what someone has said without removing the (“….”) the quotation marks.For instance, when someone says: “I love my children.” can be quoted as follows:He / she said, “I love my children.”REPORTED SPEECHReported speech or indirect speech, as it is referred to sometimes, is repeating what someone said but sometime later and this of course involves...
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