Posts Tagged ‘reported speech’
Using Indirect Questions in English
Is there a difference between sentences and questions that you need to know when changing direct speech into indirect/reported speech? Although we’ve already reviewed necessary rules for indirect speech on this blog, including required time tense changes, I haven’t yet taught the specifics related to indirect questions. Because it’s “question month” for the rest of July, I want…
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The 4 Things you NEED to Change in Reported Speech
Welcome back to part 2 of your ‘Everyday English’ lesson on reported speech. This lesson should be reviewed after part 1 (read part 1 here), where we talked about important rules for time tense changes in indirect speech. Today, we’ll be focusing on the 4 changes necessary when you do need to make changes from direct…
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Direct and Indirect Speech: 4 Rules for Tense Changes in Reported Speech
If you need English for your daily life, and you are often using English at work, in school, or with friends, then you need to know about direct and indirect speech in English. Indirect speech is also known as reported speech and is something that I have been asked about recently by students on Instagram.…
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