"He said that he hated me". What type of speech is this?
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The sentence is an example of reported speech/indirect speech, where you tell what someone else said without using their exact words.
Hi This is indirect speech. It when someone says to SMT and you report it. You need to change tenses of verbs Best Regards
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It is a direct speech. It is called direct because it is the exact words that were said by the speaker and they are put in quotation marks.
This is indirect speech,because the information is in reported form from the second person. Thank you
"He said that he hated me" is an example of indirect speech, also known as reported speech In indirect speech, we report what someone else said, thought, or felt, without using their exact words. Instead, we paraphrase or summarize their statement in our own words. In this case, the original statement was likely "I hate you" (direct speech), but it's reported in the sentence as "He said that he hated me" (indirect speech).
It's a reperted speech (also known as indirect speech). In reported speech, someone's words or thoughts are conveyed by another person, often involving a shift in pronouns, verb tense, and sometimes time expressions compared to direct speech. So the Direct speech would be: He said, "I hate you."
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Chunking and previewing is great, and I encourage it a lot. It's good for the real world and for examination practice too. When I use this method, I use the 80/ 20 principle. So if it is reading exercises, for every 4 chunking and previewing exercises, we will have 1 exercise where we have in-depth and detailed training.
