Rep speech grammar presentation

REPORTED SPEECH

• I like you.

He said/told her (that)…

• …he liked her.

• I’m rich and famous.


• …he was rich and famous.

• I’ll see you here tomorrow.


• …he would see her there the next day.

• I wrote a poem about you last night.


• …he had written a poem about her the previous night.

• I’ve forgotten your phone number.


• …he had forgotten her phone number.

• I can’t see you next week.


• …he couldn’t see her the following week.

• I may be free tonight.


• …he might be free that night.

• I must go away for a week.


• …he had to go away for a week.

• You mustn’t cry.


• …she mustn’t cry.

• Are you married?

She asked him…

• …if he was married.

•Where do you live?

She asked him…

• …where he lived.

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