he said/told me ( that )

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hello teachersimaging that someone said this ( I want to go to the cinema )how could I say to people what he said:--He said I want to go to cinema-He said that I want to go to cinema-He said he want to go to cinema-He said that I want to go to cinema-He told me I want to go to cinema-He told me that I want to go to cinema-He told me he want to go to cinema-He told me that he want to go to cinemawhich sentences are correct?

Cool Breeze · Accepted Answer

They are all wrong.

He said {that] he wanted to go to the cinema.
He told me [that] he wanted to go to the cinema.

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Rami1511 · Answer

thanks a lot
but can you tell me why did you use past perfect. Can I use another tense ?
and why did u say 'the cinema' not 'cinema' ?

Cool Breeze · Answer

Rami1511can you tell me why did you use past perfect

I didn't. I used the past tense.

Rami1511Can I use another tense ?

No.

Rami1511why did u say 'the cinema' not 'cinema' ?

Because the cinema is right and cinema is wrong.

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Larisa Skorick · Answer

Reported statements. Tenses change in Reported Speech as follows: Present Simple - Past Simple; Present Continuous - Past Continuous; Past Simple/Present Perfect - Past Perfect; Past Continuous/Present Perfect Continuous - Past Perfect Continuous; Future Simple - would + bare infinitive; Future Continuous - would be + verb -ing. But there are some cases when the tense do not change in Reported Speech

Larisa Skorick · Answer

That's why he used the Past Tense in another part of the sentence

Anonymous · Answer

Cool Breeze, I often hear (esp. in Hollywood movies) people uttering something in present tense after a reporting verb in the past tense when they are reporting something to somebody. Please tell me if it is possible for us to keep the original tenses while reporting something to somebody in informal contexts or in a conversation.

Thank you.

Rami1511 · Answer

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Fivejedjon · Answer

Larisa Skorik Reported statements. Tenses change in Reported Speech as follows: Present Simple - Past Simple; Present Continuous - Past Continuous; Past Simple/Present Perfect - Past Perfect; Past Continuous/Present Perfect Continuous - Past Perfect Continuous; Future Simple - would + bare infinitive; Future Continuous - would be + verb -ing.

Such backshifting is optional if the situation reported is still true at the time of reporting. These are therefore possible:

He said {that] he wants to go to the cinema.
He told me [that] he wants to go to the cinema.

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