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! If you SUBSCRIBE to my channel and turn on those NOTIFICATIONS, you'll never miss a lesson. SUPPORT my channel: INSTAGRAM: FACEBOOK: I hope this lesson is helpful! Thank you very much for watching 😊 Arnel __ BACKSHIFTING THE 12 TENSES present simple becomes PAST simple present continuous becomes PAST continuous present perfect – past perf