One day, my father, he told me, “Son, don’t let it slip away”He took me in his arms, I heard him say“When you get older your wild heart will live for younger daysThink of me if ever you’re afraid” ========================Reported Speech We use a ‘reporting verb’ like ‘say’ or ‘tell’. (Click here for more about using ‘say’ and ‘tell’.) If this verb is in the present tense, it’s easy. We just put ‘she says’ and then the sentence: Direct speech: I like ice cream.Reported speech: She says (that) she likes ice cream.We don’t need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the ‘person’ from ‘I’ to… Read More
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