Learn English Grammar: DIRECT & INDIRECT SPEECH (REPORTED SPEECH)

What’s the difference between DIRECT and INDIRECT/REPORTED speech? In this grammar lesson, you will learn how these types of sentences are constructed, with lots of examples to illustrate. I’ll also show how there is usually a difference of verb tense between the two. Both forms are used in everyday life, in speaking and in writing, so it’s well worth getting to know how they work. And after watching the video, you can double-check your understanding by trying the quiz over on www.engvid.com/learn-english-...
Watch more of my English grammar lessons:
The 4 Conditionals • Learn English Grammar:...
Active & Passive - What's the difference? • Learn English Grammar:...
In this lesson:
0:00 What is indirect/reported speech?
1:18 Reported Speech: Examples
10:06 Reported Speech: Tense Changes
12:45 Reported Speech: Modal Changes

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Thank you very much for watching, everyone! Here are a few more English grammar videos to watch next:
The 4 Conditionals czcams.com/video/veTo6eWJQrM/video.html
Active & Passive - What's the difference? czcams.com/video/fDnXWxXZekw/video.html

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This is how I was taught. I'm 49 year-old from Sweden.
However I find that younger people often get confused by quotation marks in text.
That is because the use of air quotes, which is making quotation marks in the air to indicate irony, sarcasm or derision.
If you say that someone is a legend and make air quotes with your fingers before saying legend it means that the person is not a legend.
Question is the another way of writing question marks in
order to seperate them from air quotes?

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I have liked your lesson on Direct and Indirect speech !
Could you please cite an example to make it clear how ' must ' changes to ' had to ' in the Indirect speech ?

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