Do you have tobackshiftthe tenses? Do you have to changeexpressions of time and place? Tense changes when using reported speech: Reporting verbs: We can usesayandtellto report statements in direct speech. Other reporting verbs: add, admit, advise, agree, announce, answer, ask, claim, comment...
FORM When we use the reported speech, we are usually talking about the past. So verbs usually change to the Past in the reported speech. Tom said he was feeling ill. We don’t change the verb tense if the introducing verb is in the Simple Present, Present Perfect or Future. He has j...
quotation mark Direct speech Collette said,' Hepburn is the perfect girl to play the lead role.' Collette said that Hepburn was the perfect girl to play the lead role. quotation mark Reported speech 引语的概念 Direct Speech and Reported Speech 直接引述别人的原话,叫 ___; 直接引语 用自己的话...