Learn English Grammar: INDIRECT SPEECH (REPORTED SPEECH)

Learn how to use reported speech with me and my sister Audra. Reported speech is when we say what someone else said. This is also called indirect speech. For example, Audra says, “I am Emma’s sister.” When I tell other people what Audra said, I would say the following: “Audra said she was my sister.” We use reported speech with verbs like “said”, “told”, and “ask”. We use reported speech frequently in conversation. Watch this class to learn about reported speech and see many examples.

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Mahmoud72@

I did it… Got a 100.

Valdenio

Thanks Emma ! I got 10 correct out of 10.

kimurasan

thank you Emma and andura its very interesting

adil adil bou

thank u so much for your clear explains

mcco

many thanks. I got 9

abdou77

Thank you Emma and Audra!

Lalananana

Thanks Emma :)

Dina Salah Mohamed

Thanks a lot

Mandela

Thanks very much!

fcifuentes2

Thank you, Emma, for teaching really clear.

omarp

Thanks both of you Emma and Audra my grade is 100

saman39

You made the lesson very clear teachers, Thank you!

Khalidmgh

Thank you, Emma, for teaching

saif salman thalig

Emma, thank you very much!

Marikash

Thank you

Paul Ezechi

80% so good

Menam91

Me too, for not pay attention at 6 question and at 07 I really was confused but after I understood.

joaocaldas232024

Question number six caused difficulties. Why are the following answers wrong: “They told that Emily couldn’t come tonight.” and “They said me that Emily couldn’t come tonight.”?

Bitaly

First example:
“They told that…” is wrong “told” should be followed with “me”.
So it should be “They told me…” or “They told me that…”. See video at 5:50.

Second example:
“They said me…” is wrong. After “said” there should be no word “me”. Correct: “They said…”

Recap:
“They told me…” or “They told me that…”
“They said…”

Sample:
I am happy.

“They told me she was happy.” or “They told me that she was happy.”
“They said she was happy.”