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REPORTED SPEECH SENTENCES

Reporting verbs:

Option 1 (Not so common) Option 2 (More usual)

say or tell

If the reporting verb is in the present the sentence is in the same tense.

A: I hate pizza!B: A tells me that he hates pizza

A: I don’t like comediesB: A says that she doesn’t like comedies

A: My father can swim very fastB: A says that his father can swim very fast. tells me

If the reporting verb is in the past the sentence is in the past tense. (when you have two verbs only change the first one

A: I hate pizzaB: A told me that he hated pizza

A: I don’t like comediesB: A said that he didn’t like comedies.

A: My father can swim very fast.B: A said that his father could swim very fast told me

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REPORTED SPEECH QUESTIONS

Reporting verbs: asked or wanted to know

YES-NO Questions

Subj ASKED ME if Subj verb past WANTED TO KNOW

A: Are you happy?B: A asked me if I was happy

A: Do you like pizza?B: A wanted to know if I liked pizza

A: Can your father cook?B: A asked me if my mother could cook

Wh. Word Questions

Subj ASKED ME Wh word Subj verb past

WANTED TO KNOW

A: Where do you live?B: A asked me where I lived

A: Why are you sad?B: A wanted to know why I was sad

A How many languages can you speak?B: A asked me how many langusges I could speak.