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REPORTED

SPEECH
RELATIVE CLAUSES
SAY VS TELL

SAY TELL
He told me
He said (that) he
(that)he was
was there.
there.

He said to me he
was there.
SAY VS TELL

SPEAK English, your mind, at the conference

TALK (TO) a friend


SAID, TOLD, ASKED
(VERBS IN PAST SIMPLE)
She said ”He is late”.
She said he was late.

He said that he lived in Tokyo.


She said: “I want to eat now».
She said (that) she wanted to eat then.
VERBS OF SAYING
To insist (on)
To promise

To deny/
refuse

To suggest

To threaten

To encourage

To remind

To claim/demand

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