Reported speech - created from Mind Map

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Direct speech

Reported speech

Present simple

Present continuous

Present perfect

Past simple

Future

is the exact word someone said. we use quotation marks in indirect speech

is the exact meaning of what someone said, but no the exact word.

I want to find a better job, he said

He said he wanted to find a better job

They’re playing table tennis, he said

He said thay were playing table tennis

I’ve ordered a new fridge, she said

She said she had ordered a new fridgem

Maria left the country, they said

They said maría had left the country

I’ll send you letter, he said

He said he would send me a letter