Question

define:
1) The Reporting verb
2) The Reported speech
3) Direct speech
4) The Indirect speech​

Answer 1

1 ) A reporting verb is a word which is used to talk about or report on other people's work.

2 ) Reported speech is the report of one speaker or writer on the words spoken, written, or thought by someone else.

3 ) Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken.

4 ) Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words

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