1.REPORTED STATEMENTS
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Direct speech
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Reported speech
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Simple present
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"I always drink coffee", she said |
She said that she always drank coffee.
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Present continue
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"I am reading a
book", he explained.
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He explained that he was reading a book
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Past perfect
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"I had just turned out the
light," he explained.
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He explained that he had just turned out the
light.
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Past continuous
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"We were living in
Paris", they told me.
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They told me that they had been living in
Paris.
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future
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"I will be in Geneva on
Monday", he said
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He said that he would be in Geneva on
Monday.
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2. REPORTED QUESTION
Direct
Question
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Reported
Question
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Where is the Post Office,
please?
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She asked me where the Post Office
was.
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What are you doing?
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She asked me what I was doing.
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Who was that fantastic man?
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She asked me who that fantastic
man had been.
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3. REPORTED REQUEST
Direct Request
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Reported Request
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Please help me.
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She asked me to help her.
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Please don't smoke.
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She asked me not to smoke.
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Could you bring my book tonight?
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She asked me to bring her book
that night.
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Could you pass the milk, please?
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She asked me to pass the milk.
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Would you mind coming early
tomorrow?
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She asked me to come early the
next day.
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4. REPORTED ORDERS
Go to bed!
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He told the child to go to bed
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Be on time!
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He told me to be on time.
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