curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-use-reported-speech/682737e4a381db0cad135e31.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
What is Sophie doing in this sentence?
She is explaining how the team fixed the system.
She is not explaining the technical details of what the team did.
She is reporting what Jake told her about the situation.
She is giving her personal opinion about the team's reaction.
She doesn't share her own opinion, only what Jake said.
She is asking Brian if the breach was serious.
She is not asking a question here.
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This is an example of reported speech, which is when someone repeats what another person said, but not using their exact words. You usually shift the verb to the past. For example:
Jake (to Sophie): The team responded quickly once the breach was detected.
Sophie (to Brian, mentioning what Jake said): He said that the team responded quickly once the breach was detected.
In the cases when you want to report exactly what the other person said, it is common to only add the speaker's name (or a pronoun) in the beginning, the verb say in the Simple Past (as you are reporting something that was talked about previously), and the word that, followed by the information. This is common in spoken and written English to share information from someone else.
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"setup": {
"background": "company2-center.png",
"characters": [
{
"character": "Sophie",
"position": {
"x": 50,
"y": 0,
"z": 1.4
},
"opacity": 0
}
],
"audio": {
"filename": "B1_21-1.mp3",
"startTime": 1,
"startTimestamp": 11.26,
"finishTimestamp": 14.5
}
},
"commands": [
{
"character": "Sophie",
"opacity": 1,
"startTime": 0
},
{
"character": "Sophie",
"startTime": 1,
"finishTime": 2.74,
"dialogue": {
"text": "He said that the team responded quickly",
"align": "center"
}
},
{
"character": "Sophie",
"startTime": 2.74,
"finishTime": 4.24,
"dialogue": {
"text": "once the breach was detected.",
"align": "center"
}
},
{
"character": "Sophie",
"opacity": 0,
"startTime": 4.74
}
]
}