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    The document provides examples of reported speech using the simple present tense and instructs the reader to change the examples into the simple past tense for reported speech. It notes that the subjects do not need to be changed for every example. The examples demonstrate how to change direct speech into indirect speech by using "said" or "told" to report what was said and changing the verb tenses from present to past.

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    The document provides examples of reported speech using the simple present tense and instructs the reader to change the examples into the simple past tense for reported speech. It notes that the subjects do not need to be changed for every example. The examples demonstrate how to change direct speech into indirect speech by using "said" or "told" to report what was said and changing the verb tenses from present to past.

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    The document provides examples of reported speech using the simple present tense and instructs the reader to change the examples into the simple past tense for reported speech. It notes that the subjects do not need to be changed for every example. The examples demonstrate how to change direct speech into indirect speech by using "said" or "told" to report what was said and changing the verb tenses from present to past.

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    REPORTED SPEECH.

    SIMPLE PRESENT

    Example:

    1. “I live in New York” She said


    She said that she lived in New York.

    2. “He works in a bank” She told me


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    3. “Lucy owns three flats in the city” She said “


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    4. They work in Hong Kong” She told me


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    5. “We like working in Paris” She said


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    6. “Tony hates mushrooms” She told me


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    7. “I play baseball every Saturday” he said


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    8. I watch TV every night” She said


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    9. “She dances ballet” He said


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    10. “My mother cooks very well” she said


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    En estos ejercicios todas las oraciones están en Simple Present por lo que deben ser
    reportadas en Simple Past. Pon atención en qué sujetos deben ser cambiados. No se
    cambian todos.

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