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Understanding Reported Speech Rules

The document explains reported speech, which is used to convey what someone else said without quotation marks, highlighting tense, pronoun, and time/place changes. It also covers the reporting of questions and commands, as well as the concepts of synonyms and antonyms. Additionally, it introduces the degree of comparison, detailing positive, comparative, and superlative forms.

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Understanding Reported Speech Rules

The document explains reported speech, which is used to convey what someone else said without quotation marks, highlighting tense, pronoun, and time/place changes. It also covers the reporting of questions and commands, as well as the concepts of synonyms and antonyms. Additionally, it introduces the degree of comparison, detailing positive, comparative, and superlative forms.

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Language
English FAL
REPORTED SPEECH
What is Reported Speech?
Reported speech is used to tell someone what another person said,
without using quotation marks.
Example:
Direct speech:
She said, “I am tired.”
Reported speech:
She said that she was tired.

A. Tense Changes (Very Important)


When the reporting verb is in the past tense, the verb in the sentence
usually changes.
REPORTED SPEECH
He said, “I like English.”
-He said that he liked English.
She said, “I will study.”
-She said that she would study.

B. Pronoun Changes
Pronouns change to match who is speaking.
Example:
She said, “This is my book.”
-She said that it was her book.
REPORTED SPEECH
He said, “I like English.”
-He said that he liked English.
She said, “I will study.”
-She said that she would study.

B. Pronoun Changes
Pronouns change to match who is speaking.
Example:
She said, “This is my book.”
-She said that it was her book.
REPORTED SPEECH
C. Time & Place Words
Time and place words change to match the situation.

Example:
He said, “I will come tomorrow.”
-He said that he would come the next day.
REPORTED SPEECH
D. Reporting Questions
Rules:
No question mark
Word order changes
Use if / whether for yes/no questions
Examples:
“Are you okay?”
-He asked if I was okay.
“Where do you live?”
-She asked where I lived.
REPORTED SPEECH
E. Commands & Requests
Use to or not to.
Examples:
“Sit down,” the teacher said.
-The teacher told us to sit down.
“Do not shout,” she said.
-She told him not to shout.
SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS
A. Synonyms
Words with similar meanings.
B. Antonyms
Words with opposite meanings.
DEGREE OF COMPARISON
What is Degree of Comparison?
It shows comparison between people or things.
Positive Degree
No comparison. (Smart)
Comparative Degree
Compares two things. (Smarter)
Superlative Degree
Compares three or more things. (Smartest)

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