Learn · Sentences Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)
They told me that they had to leave early.
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Narrator
They told me that they had to leave early.
Study notes
How to use in different contexts
Reporting News
They informed me that they needed to depart early.
Recounting an Event
I remember them saying they had to leave early that day.
Expressing Understanding
I understood that they had prior commitments and needed to leave early.
Indirect Speech
They said it was necessary for them to leave early.
Rephrased versions
Formal
They notified me of their early departure.
Casual
They let me know they had to leave early.
Simpler English
They said they needed to go home early.
Phrases to learn
had to leave
Were obligated or required to depart.
told me that
Informed me of something.