REPORTED SPEECH

Still doubts about how to report statements, questions or imperatives?  Have a look to the following presentation and clear up your ideas!

REPORTING PEOPLE'S WORDS

Now it is time to stop and think about how we report other people's speech. You know that you can do it in two ways: by repeating exactly word by word (direct speech) or by reporting aproximately their meaning (reported speech). Therefore, a first approach to reporting requires a distinction between both ways.  Here you are a song by Pulp, whose direct speech is marked by punctuation, interjections and contractions.  Enjoy the song and pay attention to the features of oral speech.

• If you need further practice, the following websites will allow you to improve your mastery on reported speech:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/reported.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech