Reported speech reports what someone said without quotation marks. Key changes: tenses usually move back, pronouns adjust, time expressions may change.
Examples in IELTS Writing
1
He said that the population had increased.
2
She stated that the government would invest.
3
They reported that the trend had continued.
IELTS Writing Tips
✅ Do
Practice using this grammar in context
Check your writing for errors
Use varied sentence structures
❌ Don't
✗Ignore grammar in your practice
✗Repeat the same structures
✗Focus only on vocabulary
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