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They say this is a great game (Reported speech B1.4)
Emmanuel Esteban Ven
Created on February 18, 2024
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They say this is a great game!
They say this is a great game!
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Example phrases
Say and tell
Meaning
Activity 1
Look at these phrases
What did people say?
People: "We love this game"
Who is talking?
What did Nintendo say?
"Nintendo said they were working on a new game"
Who is talking?
Somebody else
+INFO
Reported Speech
We use it when we want to say what other person said.This is called reporting.
Shigeru miyamoto Said (that) Odyssey Would be the best Mario game ever."
"Mario Odyssey will be the best Mario game ever."-Shigeru miyamoto
When we use it, we need to change the tenses.
Read the sentences and place the correct tense above them.
Original phrase
Reported speech
past continous
Past simple
past perfect
Would
Past simple
Present perfect
Present simple
Present continous
past perfect
Will
He said he lived in Bridgeton.
I live in Bridgeton.
She said she was wating for the bus.
I'm wating for the bus.
they said that they'd watched this film
We've watched this film before.
I passed my exam.
He said he'd passed his exam.
She said She'd help us.
She'll help us.
When we use the reported speech, the tense changes
Original phrase
Reported speech
Present simple
Past simple
He said he lived in Bridgeton.
I live in Bridgeton.
past continous
Present continous
She said she was wating for the bus.
I'm wating for the bus.
past perfect
Present perfect
they said that they'd watched this film
We've watched this film before.
Past simple
past perfect
I passed my exam.
He said he'd passed his exam.
Would
Will
She said She'd help us.
She'll help us.
Look at these phrases
The press
The director told the press that this game would be a best seller.
Who is the director talking to?
The director said that this game would be a best seller.
Who is the director talking to?
We don't know
told vs say
We don't say who we are talking to.
We always say who we are talking to (the object)
It's often followed by a noun or an object pronoun
My mom said i had to stop playing so much.
My mom told me i had to stop playing so much.
The teacher said we needed to study more.
The teacher told jack he needed to study more.