Unit 5

Reported Speech.

When we report someone's words we can do it in two ways. 

we can use direct speech with quotation marks or reported how other person said. 

Examples:

Nancy said: " I'm planning a party."

Nancy said that she was planning a party. 

Reported Questions.

We use it When we report what people say, we usually change the tense of the verbs to reflect that we are reporting.
Example:

is the food ready?- My father wanted to know if the food was ready.