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    Indirect speech refers to reporting what someone else has said without using their exact words. When changing direct speech to indirect speech, the tense may need to be changed depending on the tense of the reporting verb. Pronouns and adverbs of time and place are also typically changed to third person references.

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    Indirect speech refers to reporting what someone else has said without using their exact words. When changing direct speech to indirect speech, the tense may need to be changed depending on the tense of the reporting verb. Pronouns and adverbs of time and place are also typically changed to third person references.

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    Indirect speech refers to reporting what someone else has said without using their exact words. When changing direct speech to indirect speech, the tense may need to be changed depending on the tense of the reporting verb. Pronouns and adverbs of time and place are also typically changed to third person references.

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    Indirect speech

    Reporting verbs: to tell, to say, to suggest, to ask, to answer, to explain, to complain, to invite, to wonder etc. 1. If a reporting verb is in Present, Present Perfect or Future there is no change of the tense. Direct Speech Indirect Speech Im going to school she says. She says she is going to school. 2. If a reporting verb is in the Past then the tenses change as follows: Present Past Past Past Perfect Present Perfect Past Perfect Past Perfect Past Perfect Future Future in the Past Can Could Imperative Infinitive e.g. ` Turn the music down` -- She says to turn the music down. First and second person became third person in indirect speech. Direct Speech This These Tonight Today Yesterday Before Tomorrow Now Indirect Speech That Those That Night That Day The day before Ago The next day Then

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