Quoted and Reported Speech

                                                                                                 Quoted Speech.
 

Quoted Speech is the sentence which reported a consideration in the words of others.

Example :

What did she look??

He said “i look our flower”.

  

                                                                                                                   Reported Speech.

Reported Speech is an indirect sentence is used to repeat the words of others.

Example :

• Siska said she was so happy everyday.
• The president said he needed a vacation.

Reported speech using the past tense of direct speech. if the direct speech in the present tense, then the reported speech must also be changed in the past tense, example :

Direct Speech - I said, “She is in her Kitchen.”
Reported Speech - I said “ She was in her Kitchen”.

And if the Direct Speech in the past tense, then the Reported Speech using the past perfect form,example :

Direct Speech - I said, “She was in her restaurant at dinner.”
Reported Speech - I said she had been in her restaurant at dinner. atau - I said she was in her restaurant at dinner.