REPORTED SPEECH

When you tell
what somebody else said...














He yelled that he wanted to go home.

She bragged that she got straight A's.

She whispered that the teacher was looking.

He confessed that he stole the diamond.

They denied that they cheated on the test.

She complained that the soup was rotten.
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We can add information about the way in which something was said by replacing "said" with one of the following:
yelled shouted screamed blurted whimpered	moaned grumbled muttered stuttered whined	whispered gasped hollered cried bellowed
We can also add information about the nature of what is being said by using the list below. "He confessed that" adds the extra information that what was done was something bad. "She complained that" add the extra information that she didn't like it.
confessed denied admitted complained bragged	predicted guessed doubted surmised stated	announced lied preached joked

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1) Benjamin: "I often have a big hamburger." Benjamin says (that)    he often has a big hamburger he often had a big hamburger  .

2) Hannah: "They live in Boston." Hannah said (that)    they live in Boston they lived in Boston  .

3) Tyler: "Ian doesn't invite girls to his parties." Tyler told me (that)    Ian doesn't invite girls to his parties Ian didn't invite girls to his parties  .

4) Dominic: "She understands Japanese." Dominic remarks (that)    she understands Japanese she understood Japanese  .

5) Sophia: "Bella doesn't collect stickers." Sophia explains (that)    Bella doesn't collect stickers Bella didn't collect stickers  .

6) Robert: "Dennis often downloads the latest tunes." Robert added (that)    Dennis often downloads the latest tunes Dennis often downloaded the latest tunes  .

7) Olivia: "Leroy rides his new waveboard." Olivia explained (that)    Leroy rides his new waveboard Leroy rode his new waveboard  .

8) Luke: "I don't know what to do." Luke added (that)    he doesn't know what to do he didn't know what to do  .

9) Lily: "Mr Jones is rude to Samantha." Lily thinks (that)    Mr Jones is rude to Samantha Mr Jones was rude to Samantha  .

10) James and David: "We have to go now." James and David tell me (that)    they have to go now they had to go then  . ======================================1) today -    a week before that day that morning the day before the following week the next day the week before the weekend before then those days  2) yesterday -    a week before that day that morning the day before the following week the next day the week before the weekend before then those days  3) tomorrow -    a week before that day that morning the day before the following week the next day the week before the weekend before then those days  4) a week ago -    a week before that day that morning the day before the following week the next day the week before the weekend before then those days  5) last weekend -    a week before that day that morning the day before the following week the next day the week before the weekend before then those days  6) next week -    a week before that day that morning the day before the following week the next day the week before the weekend before then those days  7) these days -    a week before that day that morning the day before the following week the next day the week before the weekend before then those days  8) last week -    a week before that day that morning the day before the following week the next day the week before the weekend before then those days  9) now -    a week before that day that morning the day before the following week the next day the week before the weekend before then those days  10) this mornning -    a week before that day that morning the day before the following week the next day the week before the weekend before then those days  ======================================