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REPORTED SPEECH

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Created on May 19, 2024

To introduce reported speech in a real-life situation.

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Transcript

REPORTED SPEECH

FIRST APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEIVING

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Watch the video.

What is Susan Boyle's dream?

"What is your dream, Susan?"

"I want to be a professional singer."

Susan replied that she wanted to be a professional singer.

Simon asked Susan what her dream was.

"Come back, Susan."

Simon asked/told Susan to go back.

The judges' verdict

"That is the biggest surprise I've had in three years.... Everyone was laughing at you. No one is laughing now. That was stunning."

The judge said that that was the biggest surprise he had had in three years. He added that everyone had been laughing at her, but that no one was laughing then. He told her that it had been stunning.

Reported Speech changes summary

  • Reporting verbs: She said that/He told me that...
  • Tenses backshift: present simple →past simple
  • Personal pronouns: I→he/she
  • Time expressions: now→then
  • Deictics: this →that here→there
  • come→go

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