KEY GRAMMAR

REPORTED SPEECH
(LIGJERATA E ZHDREJT)
Kaltrina Mehmeti-Beluli
 Reported speech (Ligjerata e zhdrejt)
Complete the examples. (Kompleto shembujt)

 Direct speech Reported speech

 Present simple Past simple
 I work hard. He said (that) he worked hard.
 We don’t argue. She said (that) they didn’t argue.
 Am/is/are  was/were
 I’m not lazy. He said (that) he wasn’t lazy.
 They’re important. She said (that) they were important.
 Has got/have got  had
 I’ve got a job. He said (that) he had a job.
 Can  could
 I can’t talk to them. She said (that) she couldn’t talk to them.
Reported speech (Ligjerata e zhdrejt)
Read the explanation (Lexo sqarimet)

 When we report what someone said, we often

change the present tense to past tense.
 (Kur raportojmë se cfarë ka thënë dikush, ne e
ndryshojmë kohën e tashme në kohën e kryer.)
 We sometimes use ‘that’ in reported speech, but
we often omit it.
 (Ne ndonjëherë e përdorim ‘that’ në ‘reported
speech’, por ne shpesh e heqim atë.)
He said that he worked hard. or He said he worked hard.
4 Practice
 Write sentences with
he / she/ they said….
 Shkruaj fjalit me
‘he/she/they said …’