Lesson on DIRECT and INDIRECT SPEECH (He said he had understood my lesson.)

Published: 14 September 2014
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We use direct speech when we are speaking. But we have to use indirect speech if we want to report what someone else said. To do that, we go a tense back to report it. There is an exception to this rule: when we report something that is always true. Check out this video and start learning now! I’ll show you a few examples of using it and two diagrams showing how to change from direct to indirect speech.

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He is an Honorary Fellow in the English Language at UNITELMA La Sapienza University in Rome. In the past, he was also a Language Monitor at the University of Toronto. He has also taught English to many important politicians and celebrities in Italy. He is a certified English Teacher specializing in TEFL, TESL, TESOL (Arizona State University) & TOEFL.
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