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what is reported speech ​

Answer 1

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it is a speech in which the words of the speaker are expressed Through statemen (indirectly) without using Inverted commas.

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Answer 2

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What is reported speech ?

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➝ Indirect speech or Reported Speech is a means of expressing the content of statements, questions or other utterances, without quoting them explicitly as is done in direct speech.

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➝ Reported speech is when we talk about what somebody else said.

➝ In indirect speech,we often use a tense which is 'further back' in the past than the tense originally usedThis is called 'backshit'. We also may need to change other words that were used.

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• 1. Direct speech - "I worked in bank" said Daniel.
• Reported speech - Daniel said that he worked in a bank.

• 2. Direct speech - “I've been to London three times".
• Reported Speech: She said she had been to London three times.

• 3. Direct speech - Barbara said "I didn't realised it was midnight".
• Reported speech - Barbara said that she didn't realised that it was midnight.

Note : To convert into reported speech,we commonly use past tense and words in past tense such as said,that,had been,has been and 'ed' form of the verb.