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[Eng.Teacher]

Reported Speech

It is a Speech from a person to someone else about what someone has said while he was not there.

Note the changes in the ... Pronouns Tense of verb

Verb (Come became went)

Other words that often change in reported speech are.......

Now

(becomes then)

Last night

(becomes the night before)

Here

(becomes there)

In this town

(becomes in that town)

*

He said that the drink had been refreshing, had made him feel good and had helped him to stay awake

Note that the past simple and the present perfect both become past perfect in reported speech.

* Example:

DIRECT SPEECH:

''It has helped me to stay awake''(present perfect) REPORTED SPEECH:" He said that it had helped him to stay awake "(past perfect)

DIRECT SPEECH:

"It helped me to stay awake"(past simple) REPORTED SPEECH: He said that it had helped him to stay awake (past perfect)

Example

:

Taster:

I am happy to be a tea taster.

Reporter:

He said he was happy to be a tea taster

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