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Reported speech is when we convey what someone else said by paraphrasing or quoting their words. It involves changing the tense and sometimes the pronouns to match the reporting context. For example, changing "I am hungry" to "He said he was hungry" is an example of reported speech.
You would change "I saw him just now" into reported speech by saying "I said that I had seen him just then."
'when will be lunch ready?'
by improving our English and always having the rules of reported speech in our mind
You say "had lunch"
Reported or indirect speech is when we report what someone else has said. For example the following sentence are in direct speech: "The rain has stopped" he said. "I will go out" she replied. The same conversation in reported speech: He told her that the rain had stopped. She replied that she would go out.
direct speech: a speech or a sentence quoted from a sentence somebody had spoken or am speaking. using inverted commas(" ") reported speech: a report of what somebody had said before. direct speech: a speech or a sentence quoted from a sentence somebody had spoken or am speaking. using inverted commas(" ") reported speech: a report of what somebody had said before.
Have a lunch.
i had lunch
The tea was ready.
I'm not telling you!
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