Reported speech

Reported speech what is?

i will call y ou tom orrow

He said that he would call me the next day!!!

Friday night

... the following Tuesday

Reported speech

We use reproted, or indirect , speech when we want to repeat what someone said previously

Oh no! I couldn't hear her. What did she sey?

In reported statements, we can use either 'say' or 'tell'. The meaning is the same, but the grammar is different. For example:Direct speech: John: "I'll be late". Reported speech: John said (that) he would be late. John told me (that) he was going to be late. With 'tell' we NEED the object (e.g. 'me', 'you', 'her'). With 'say' we CAN'T use the object (e.g. 'me', 'them', 'us').

she said that is was nice to meet you and that she was going to teach us about reprted speech

Hi! it is nice to meet you. I am going to teach you about reported speech!!