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What are some of the “rules” of reporting?

Explanation:

Direct speech

1. You can use direct speech with quotation marks.

Example: He said: “I work in a bank.”

Reported speech

2. You can use reported speech.

Example: He said he worked in a bank.

The tenses, word-order, pronouns may be different from those in the direct speech sentence.

Direct speech: Jake said: I bought some DVDs.

Reported speech: Jake said that he bought some DVDs.

Simple Present

Simple present tense usually changes to the simple past in reported speech.

Examples: Direct speech Reported speech / Indirect speech

He says, "We are in London for the first time." Direct speech

He says (that) they are in London for the first time. Reported speech - Indirect speech

He says, "We were in London for the first time." Direct speech

He says (that) they were in London for the first time. Reported speech - Indirect speech

Simple Past

The simple past tense usually changes to the past perfect in reported speech.

Change of tenses

The tenses, word-order, pronouns may be different from those in the direct speech sentence. The Past Perfect Tense does not change in the Reported Speech

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