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What is reported speech in grammar?
Describing what someone else said such as "He said I was wrong"
What is the reported speech form of the sentence Cronin said You must be saving up to emigrate to America?
Cronin said he had to save up to emigrate to America
How do you identify direct and indirect speech?
Direct speech is: "Hello," he said. He said is the main thing there.Indirect speech is: 'He said hello to us'. Notice the inverted commas instead of the speech marks.
What part of speech is the word say?
The word say is a verb. The past tense form is said. The gerund is saying.
What the form of speech for disgusting?
The form of speech for "disgusting" is an adjective.
How do you make a reported speech?
To form reported speech, you need to change the pronouns, tense and time expressions if necessary, and add reporting verbs like 'said,' 'told,' or 'asked.' It involves reporting what someone else has said without using their exact words.
How can you turn direct speech to reported speech?
To turn direct speech to reported speech, you need to change the pronouns and verb tenses, and often introduce reporting verbs like "said" or "told." For example, a direct speech sentence like "She said, 'I am going to the store.'" can be turned into reported speech as "She said that she was going to the store."
What part of speech is 'she said'?
She is a pronoun, and said is a verb.
What is reported speech?
Reported speech is speech that is reported indirectly, that is, without the use of quotation marks. The word 'that', or similar, is either explicitly stated, or implied, after the word 'said' or its equivalent.For example:'My son's teacher said that his homework had deteriorated since he joined the football team.' (Reported, or indirect, speech.)'My son's teacher said "Your son's homework has deteriorated since he joined the football team."' (Direct speech.)'Jane told me she would go with me to the dentist.' (Reported, or indirect, speech.)'Jane said to me "I will go with you to the dentist."' (Direct speech.)Note that verbs are put further into the past in reported speech. What is perfect in direct speech ('has') becomes pluperfect in reported speech ('had'). What is future in direct speech ('will') becomes 'future in the past' in reported speech ('would').Reported speech is something that was said by one person, and is now being repeated (or summarised) by another person.For example:"Tommy said, 'I don't like broccoli'," said Jo.Here, the phrase "I don't like broccoli" is reported speech - Jo is telling us that Tommy said it."Tommy said he didn't like broccoli," said Jo."he didn't like broccoli" is also reported speech - Jo is giving us a summary of what Tomy said.
What will be indirect speech for this sentence They said you have done your duty well?
If the sentence has no quotation marks, the indirect speech is: you have done your duty well. Indirect speech is explaining that someone is saying something or has said something without giving their speech word-for-word. Kate said, "Pass me that banana." In this sentence, we are reading exactly what Kate said. This is direct speech. Kate said to pass her the banana. Now we are just getting the idea of what she said without the actual words. This is indirect speech.
What form of speech is the?
The verb form of speech is speak. As in "to speak to someone".
Is this statement direct or indirect speech - 'He said to me let us have dinner'?
This statement is direct speech because it directly quotes what someone said.
