reporting that people say
Hello guys, i have a question, how can I report what the people say using "say", "tell" or "ask"...?
Is correct use this structure:
- When did he arrive?
- He, ask her, when him arrive....
and she told him:
- He arrive at 7:00 pm.
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reporting that people say
Hello guys,I have a question. How can I report explain what the people have said say using "say", "tell" or "ask"...?Is correct use this structure correct?
- When did he arrive?
- He asked her, "When did he him arrive?"
and She told him,
"He arrived at 7:00 pm."
Notice that every verb tense in this example is past.
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Also here's a page that might be useful. It has a table that might make it clearer and has more information than I can't fit here. http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech.html
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reporting that people say
Hello guys, i have a question, how can I report what the people say using "say", "tell" or "ask"...?Is correct use this structure:
- When did he arrive?
- He, ask her, when him arrive.... He asked her when he had arrived and she told him (that) he had arrived at 7:00pm
and she told him:
- He arrive at 7:00 pm.
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Hey man.
When you report you have to "jump back" one step in the past. For example "I need water" becomes: He said (that) he needed water. "I was hungry" becomes: He said (that) he had been hungry ect.
With ask you can use the "if" structure. E.g. "Can you help me" becomes: He asks if I could help him or or the "to" structure e.g. "Please bring me a pizza" becomes: He asks me to bring him a pizza.
The "to" structure is also used with "tell", "order", "demand" and others.
Hope this helps a bit. Suerte!
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