говорит: «Занятия начинаются в 9 часов».
She says that the
lessons begin at 9 o’clock.Она говорит, что занятия начинаются в 9 часов.
Direct speech
Reported speech
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Она говорит, что занятия начинаются в 9 часов.
Direct speech
Reported speech
2. Tenses (if the reporting verb belongs to the Past tense)
She says that she is watching a movie.
a) She says, “I am watching a movie”.
b) He said, “I am playing football”.
He said that he was playing football.
Ex. Ann said, "I watch a match."
Ann said that she watched a match.
Ex. Mother said, "I am cooking the dinner."
Mother said that she was cooking the dinner.
Ex. He said, "I bought two tickets."
He said that he had bought two tickets.
Ex. She said, "I have worked hard."
She said that she had worked hard.
Change this direct speech into reported speech
Change this direct speech into reported speech
We introduce reported question-word questions with
ask + question word:
Note that the reported question has no auxiliary "do".
As with reported statements, we may need to change pronouns and tense as well as time in reported questions.