小學生英文問題

我想問點解said 要轉 told
如果你係 Heidi, 你同 Stella講, 就用 said。
但如果你係這兩人以外的人, 即你係 Fanny, 你想講俾你的朋友聽, 亞 Heidi 同 Stella 講過咁既說話, 你係複述, 所以用told,
而 can 要轉could
你係將人哋句說話重講俾其他人聽, 整句便要改為過去式, 所以要轉過去式 could。

呢個是reported speech啊
幾時先會用到reported speech or咩情況下會用????!!



A told you something IN THE PAST and you have to tell B



what A said to you<----------------



NOW YOU ARE B<---------



Examples:



A: I am very happy.



B: Good to hear that.



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B:( you) A told me that A was very happy.<----Reported speech



Peter= A



Peter told me that he was very happy. <---------------






C: Oh I see.



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In " reported speech", we have to be careful with the tenses, pronouns,



and time signifiers.



Examples:



Helen said, "I want to talk to my brother now." <-------( Helen said it to you IN THE PAST)






Helen said she wanted to talk to her brother then.( REPORTED SPEECH )



I -----------> she she = pronoun



my brother ------------> her brother her = pronoun



want ----------------------> wanted ( tense)



now-------------------------> then time signifier



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Here is a great website for you



http://esl.about.com/od/grammarintermediate/a/reported_speech.htm