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Unit 9

1. Reported speech is used to report what someone said without using their exact words. It involves changing pronouns, place and time references, and verb tenses. 2. In reported questions, the question mark is dropped and the reporting verb is used, such as "ask" followed by if for yes/no questions and the question word for wh- questions. The subject and verb order also changes. 3. The verbs "say" and "tell" are often used interchangeably to ask for or give information, but "tell" is used with a personal object to indicate who is being told.

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Unit 9

1. Reported speech is used to report what someone said without using their exact words. It involves changing pronouns, place and time references, and verb tenses. 2. In reported questions, the question mark is dropped and the reporting verb is used, such as "ask" followed by if for yes/no questions and the question word for wh- questions. The subject and verb order also changes. 3. The verbs "say" and "tell" are often used interchangeably to ask for or give information, but "tell" is used with a personal object to indicate who is being told.

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- How to Use
You can repeat exactly what someone said or you can use reported speech. Compare:
͞I will meet you in this café tomorrow at seven.͟ Tony said.
Tony {  he would meet me in that café next day at seven.

- Type of Changes:
1. Subject Pronouns: I = he
2. Object pronouns: you = me
3. References to place: this = that
4. References to time: tomorrow = next day
5. Tenses: will meet = would meet

- Examples:
I ¦  you = She said she ¦¦ me
  happy = She said she  happy
I  with you = She said she   with me

- Past Progressive Tense does not change in reported Speech


͞We were fighting͟
She said they were fighting
She said they had been fighting

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- How to use:
In reported questions, the same changes as for direct statement apply

- Form
 Yes/No questions drop the question mark and take the reporting verb ask + if
͞Are you going to the game?͟ asked Bob
Bob {
 I was going to the game
 Wh- Questions drop the question mark and take the reporting verb ask + the
question word
͞Where is the game?͟ asked Bob
Bob {
  the game was?
 Note that the order of the subject and the verb changes
Bob asked where the game was

- Examples:
 She asked me where I lived.
 They asked you what were you doing
 He asked her if she knew the answer
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- How to Use
The most frequent uses of say and tell are to ask for or give information. In these context,
there is no difference in meaning, but there is a difference in the way they are used

- Form
Say = Subject + say + (optional that)
Tell = subject + personal indirect object + (optional that)

- Note
With tell, we say who we tell, with say we don͛t usually use a personal object

- Examples
She told me (that) the movie started at 7:30
She said (that) the movie started at 7:30

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