Valery's Lesson

Reported Speech

Reported speech

Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said.

Backshift: to report we use a tense which is further back that the tense that is originally used.

I travel a lot in my job.

RS: Juan said that he travelled a lot in her job.

The baby's sleeping!

RS: He told me the baby was sleeping.

I've hurt my leg.

RS: He said He'd hurt her leg.

We lived in China for five years.

RS: She told me they'd lived in China for five years.