Reported speech

We use reported speech when we want to tell someone what someone said. We usually use a reporting verb (e.g. say, tell, ask, etc.) and then change the tense of what was actually said in direct speech. So, direct speech is what someone actually says? Like 'I want to know about reported speech'? Yes, and you report it with a reporting verb. He said he wanted to know about reported speech. I said, I want and you changed it to he wanted. Exactly. She said she was having the interview at four o’clock. OK, in that last example, you changed you to me too. Yes, apart from changing the tense of the verb, you also have to think about changing other things, like pronouns and adverbs of time and place. 'We went yesterday.' > She said they had been the day before. I see, but what if you’re reporting something on the same day, like 'We went yesterday'? Well, then you would leave the time reference as 'yesterday'. 'Dogs can’t eat chocolate.' > She said that dogs can’t eat chocolate. Exactly. OK. Yes. Great. Related: grammar

English grammar resources Do you have a question about the correct usage of the semi-colon or how to place relative adverbs in a sentence? If so, you've come to the right place! The edufind.com English grammar guide is a complete reference on the rules of English usage. Comparisons Conditional Future Gerund and Present Participle Infinitive Passive Voice Past Present Functions and classes of determiners Articles Quantifiers Distributives Introducing Reported Speech Statements,Questions and Orders in a Different Way This week’s post was not supposed to be a grammar post, it just so happened to turn out like that. Come to think of it, I have been teaching lots of grammar lately so I shouldn’t be surprised if my brain is filled with ideas for grammar teaching. If I want my classes to be different from the ones I had when I was studying English at school (teacher-centred and book-centred), I cannot introduce all those digital tools I’m so keen on using and then go and spoil it all by asking students to read straight from a photocopy when it comes to grammar. I’m not saying it’s the wrong way to go about it, I’m just saying it’s not the way I teach or the way I’d like to be taught. Admittedly, grammar is grammar, but can we make it a bit more appealing to our students? Reported speech is probably one of my favourite grammar points and this is how I have introduced reported speech statements, questions and orders in my classes this week. To introduce statements I often use quotes from famous people.

Grammar Practice Activities: A Practical Guide for Teachers Reported speech – how to say what someone told you – About Words – Cambridge Dictionaries Online blog by Liz Walter We often need to tell people what someone else has said to us: He said he wanted to come with us. She told me she hadn’t seen the document. This is what the textbooks call ‘reported speech‘, because you are reporting what has been said to you. To use reported speech correctly, you have to be careful about what tense you use. So, for instance, if someone says something in the present tense, you report it in the past tense: ‘I like dogs.’ ‘I’m visiting my cousin.’ In the same way, if someone says something in the present perfect, you report it in the past perfect: ‘I’ve cleaned the kitchen.’ ‘I’ve been reading her latest novel.’ However, if someone says something in the past perfect, there’s no tense to go back to, so you use the same tense: ‘I had met him somewhere before.’ ‘I had been thinking about moving house.’ If the person speaking uses a past simple tense, things are a little less clear. ‘I was at the meeting.’ ‘I was eating my lunch.’ ‘I was at the meeting.’ Like this:

Free English Exercises | Free Online Lessons in English Grammar, Vocabulary and Phrases Select an exercise below to practise your grammar, vocabulary and use of phrases. They are organised into three levels: Elementary: suitable for students from levels A2 to B1 on the CEF (Common European Framework) Intermediate: suitable for students from B1 to B2 on the CEF Advanced: suitable for students from C1 and C2 on the CEF The exercises on these pages were all written by International House Bristol staff and you will not find the same exercises on any other site or in any coursebook. Find out more about our General English courses. How to Put a Quote in an Essay (with Examples) The MLA (Modern Language Association) style of writing requires you to cite the name of the author and the page number when citing quotes in essays. If you're citing poetry, then you'll have to cite the lines of poetry instead of page numbers. Unlike in APA style, you do not have to provide the year the quote was written in the actual body of your essay, though you will need to do so in a detailed references page at the bottom of your essay. <img alt="Image titled Put a Quote in an Essay Step 1" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">1Cite short quotations. In MLA style, a short quote is considered anything that is fewer than four typed lines of prose or three lines of poetry.

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