We were working on a series of articles based on a round-the-world trip and had to cross a desert in an African country. There wasn't a road, so the only way we could continue our journey was to take what was affectionately known as the Desert Express, The timetable was unreliable -we were just given a day* We also heard that, in any case, the driver would often wait for days to depart tf he knew there were people still on their way. | UNIT 10 peech I m very happy with your results in the History exam. What did Mr Reed tell his class yesterday He said to the class I m very happy with your results In the History exam. OR He told the class that he was very happy with their results in the History exam. We can report people s words by using direct speech or reported speech. Direct speech is the exact words someone used. We use quotation marks in direct speech. . It s nice to be home Tom said. Reported speech Is the exact meaning of what someone said but not the exact words. We do not use quotation marks in reported speech. We can either use the word that after the introductory verb say tell etc. or we can omit it. . Tom said that it was nice to be home. We can use the verbs say and tell both in direct and reported speech. Tell is always followed by a personal object told me . Say is used with or without a personal object. When used with a personal object it is always followed by the preposition to said to me . Study the following examples __directjpeech__ _reported speech__ He said I m Ted. He said that he was Ted. He said to me Tm Ted. s t0 me that he was Ted. He told me I m Ted. He told me that he was Ted. Fill in the gaps with say or tell in the correct tense. A Katie 1 .told. Dave that she had met a set of twins at a party. They looked exactly the same she 2 . I couldn t 3 . the difference between them. I ve got a twin brother too 4 .Dave. Are you 5 . me the truth asked Katie. 6 .me his name. His name is Stephen Dave 7 . her. Til take you to meet him tomorrow. B You never listen to me Tara 1 .J m I 2 . good morning to you three times today and you didn t answer she 3 . To 4 . you the truth it makes me really angry. Why don t you listen to me Oh hello Tara said Jim. Did you just 5 . something Say and tell are also used with the following expressions say good morning afternoon etc. something nothing etc. one s prayers so a few words tell the truth a lie a secret a story the .
