Reported speech

Is the act of paraphrasing or reporting someone else's words or thoughts. It is used to convey what someone said or thought without using their exact words. In reported speech, there may be changes in verb tenses, pronouns, and adverbs to reflect the perspective of the reporting speaker.

EXAMPLES

• Direct speech: "We should go on vacation," they said. 
• Reported speech: They said that they should go on vacation.

• Direct speech: "I have already finished my homework," she said. 

• Reported speech: She said that she had already finished her homework.

  
  

• Direct speech: "I won the competition," he said.

•  Reported speech: He said that he had won the competition.