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Quoted vs Reported Speech Mini-Game

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Quoting and reporting in practice

Andrés Rodrigo Escobar Arias

Colombia

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Quoted vs Reported Speech Mini-Game


Quoted vs Reported Speech Mini-GameOnline version Quoting and reporting in practice by Andrés Rodrigo Escobar Arias Alice What is quoted speech? Bob It's the exact words spoken, usually inside quotation marks. Alice And reported speech is what we say about those words, not the exact quotes. Bob Right. In reported speech we often backshift tenses, adjust pronouns, and summarize. Alice Can you convert 'I am happy' to reported speech? Bob She said she was happy. Alice When do we use backshifting in reporting? Bob In past reporting, and we also adjust time expressions, like today to that day and now to then. Alice Give another example: He said, 'I will go to the store.' Bob He said that he would go to the store.