Question

What is reported speech please can you tell me with good examples

Answer 1

Hi friend,

We use a 'reporting verb' like 'say' or 'tell'. 
If this verb is in the present tense, it's easy. We just put 'she says' and then the sentence:

•Direct speech: I like ice cream.
•Reported speech: She says (that) she likes ice cream.

Another example:
-»Direct speech: Where is Julie?
-»Reported speech: She asked me where Julie was.

HOPE THIS HELPS YOU:-))

Answer 2

We use a 'reporting verb' like 'say' or 'tell'. (Click here for more about using 'say' and 'tell'.) If this verb is in the present tense, it's easy. We just put 'she says' and then the sentence:

Direct speech: I like ice cream.Reported speech: She says (that) she likes ice cream.

We don't need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the 'person' from 'I' to 'she', for example. We also may need to change words like 'my' and 'your'.

(As I'm sure you know, often, we can choose if we want to use 'that' or not in English. I've put it in brackets () to show that it's optional. It's exactly the same if you use 'that' or if you don't use 'that'.)

But, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, then usually we change the tenses in the reported speech:

Direct speech: I like ice cream.Reported speech: She said (that) she liked ice cream.TenseDirect SpeechReported Speechpresent simpleI like ice creamShe said (that) she liked ice cream.present continuousI am living in LondonShe said (that) she was living in London.past simpleI bought a carShe said (that) she had bought a car OR She said (that) she bought a car.past continuousI was walking along the streetShe said (that) she had been walking along the street.present perfectI haven't seen JulieShe said (that) she hadn't seen Julie.past perfect*I had taken English lessons beforeShe said (that) she had taken English lessons before.willI'll see you laterShe said (that) she would see me later.would*I would help, but..”She said (that) she would help but...canI can speak perfect EnglishShe said (that) she could speak perfect English.