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A2 GRAMMAR · PRACTICAL GUIDE

Reported speech

Report someone’s words without repeating the exact quotation.

Birinin sözlerini doğrudan alıntı yapmadan aktarır.

STRUCTUREsaid (that) + shifted clause / told + person + clause
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See the pattern in use

POSITIVE
She said that she was busy.Meşgul olduğunu söyledi.
NEGATIVE
He told me he couldn’t come.
QUESTION
What did she say?

Common learner mistake

She told that she was tired.✓ She said that she was tired.

Read the structure again, then say the corrected sentence aloud as one complete phrase.

TURN THE RULE INTO A SKILL

Notice it. Say it. Use it.

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