Reported (Indirect) Speech
1.
Other players used to say: 'They have twin telepathy!'
Other players said that Mike and Bob had twin telepathy.
2.
Before the girls were born, the doctors said, 'The girls are identical twins'
Libby's doctors said that the girls were identical twins.
Reported (Indirect) Speech to mowa zależna. Polega na przytaczaniu czyjejś wypowiedzi bez cytowania, a przy użyciu własnych słów. Ważnym zagadnieniem w reported speach jest następostwo czasów np. present simple zmienia się w past simple.