10. "Did you see the film last week?", I asked her.
She asked me where I lived.
He asked me if I spoke English.
I asked Tom when the children sang.
I asked Paul what they had built.
Tina asked me who I had met.
He asked Tom if he had seen the dog.
I asked if she had ridden a horse.
She asked me when I would return.
She asked Tom what they had said.
I asked her if she had seen the film the other week.
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We don't change the tense when:
the reporting verb is present or present perfect
we are reporting a past perfect verb, would, could, should or had better
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Reported speech with say and tell
If we mention who is spoken to, we usually use tell. We don't use to before the person spoken to.
We use tell with the infinitive to report instructions.
After say, we don't have to mention who is spoken to.
After say, if we do mention who is spoken to, we put to before the person.
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Let's practise
Make exercises 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (SB) p. 72
timer
10:00
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Reporting verbs
We use the reported speech when we want to tell someone what another person said without using his/her exact words, adapting them to the new circumstances in which they are repeated.