REPORTED SPEECH | INDIRECT SPEECH | DIRECT SPEECH - statements, questions, commands

REPORTED SPEECH | INDIRECT SPEECH | DIRECT SPEECH Hi Everyone, In today’s lesson, let’s look at REPORTED SPEECH (aka INDIRECT SPEECH) in detail. We’ll look at: 1. direct speech 2. backshifting (what???) 3. reporting verbs 4. modal verbs 5. reported questions 6. reported commands One of the most important aspects of reported speech is ‘backshifting’. This is moving a tense one step backwards. (I’ll leave a list for you below!) Thank you so much for watching this video and don’t forget to leave me a comment with an example sentence! ________________________________________________________________________________ 🔥COMMON QUESTIONS: Arnel, how do you edit your videos? What software do you use? I use a combination of these two tools: For video editing / screen recording ✅ For images / graphics / stock videos / thumbnails: ✅