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Reported Speech

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    The use of the reported speech
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  • Maria said: "I visited my mother in hospital yesterday"
    Maria said (that) she had visited her mother in hospital the day before.
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  • Mike said: "I will call you as soon as I have any news".
    Mike said that he would call us as soon as he had any news.
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  • The doctor told me: "You should drink less coffee".
    The doctor told me I should drink less coffee.
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  • Jenna said: "I am coming to your party this evening".
    Jenna said (that) she was coming to our party that evening.
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  • When I called the cinema yesterday, they said: "All tickets were sold out yesterday".
    When I called the cinema yesterday, they said that all tickets had been sold out the previous day/the day before.
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  • The receptionst asked us: "Would you like to upgrate to a better room?"
    The receptionst asked us if/whether we would like to upgrate to a better room.
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  • He told the reporters: "The explosion was an accident".
    He told the reporters (that) the explosion had been an accident.
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  • Alicia told us: "I`m revising for an exam at the moment".
    Alicia told us (that) she was revising for an exam at that moment.
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  • Paul said: "I`m feeling ill".
    Paul said (that) he was feeling ill.
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  • Anna said: "I want to buy a car. I`ve already chosen the model".
    Anna said she wanted to buy a car. she had already chosen the model.
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  • My little brother said: "I can`t keep up with all the homework".
    Me little brother said (that) he couldn`t keep up with all the homework.
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  • Max said: "I will have become wealthy by the time I turn 25."
    Max said that he would have become wealthy by the age he turned 25.
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  • My father always says: "I had been working hard before I managed to by this house".
    My father always says (that) he had been working hard before he managed to by that house.
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  • My classmate told me: "While I was working on the project yesterday, my productivity was at its peak."
    My classmate told me (that) while she had been working on the project the day before, her productivity had been at its peak.
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  • Martha told us: "I won`t come. I broke my leg when I was skiing".
    Martha told us that she wouldn`t come. She had broken her leg when she had been skiing
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  • My boyfriend said: "We might go to Italy in the summer".
    My boyfriend said that we might go to Italy in the summer.
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