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3 Grammar Rules for REPORTED SPEECH
We usereported speech when we want to express what someone said. For example, “My mother said that she loved me.” This communicates what your mother said at some point in the past. But if someone gives you an order in the imperative, like “Do your homework”, how can you report this? Or what if someone asks you, “Are you from around here?” How would you report that? In this essential lesson, I will teach you three grammar rules on how to report speech when you receive an order, instructions, or are asked a yes/no question. So what did I say? “Alex told me to watch the video and then test my knowledge by completing the quiz.”
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Test your understanding of the English lesson by answering these questions. You will get the answers and your score at the end of the quiz.Levels
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To answer at your last question:
Yes I did !
thanks (9 correct out of 10) ?
Nice job! Thanks for studying with me!
Thanks elex. What a useful video!!!:-)
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. ALEX. LESSON IS VERY GOOD. YOUR LESSON IS VERY FUNNY.
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for clicking.
Thank you very much for this concise lesson.
You’re very welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Very useful lesson I got 6 out of 10
Not bad. Keep studying! :)
Yes Mr Alex, we all enjoy your videos, I´m pretty sure!!
Thank you very much for this useful lesson.
P.S.: nice beginning of this video XD
I’m glad you enjoyed it, super guitarist Mark Knopfler!
Very good and useful lesson
Thanks a lot for watching it.
I got 9 correct out of 10
Great job! Keep studying.
Alex asked me if I enjoyed this video.
Nope, I loved it!!
Great job, Alex!!
That’s great! Thanks for checking it out!
Hi Alex, thank you so much for the lesson.
My pleasure! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Alex, your lessons are very useful.
I’m glad you enjoy them! Thanks for watching.
What do you mean when you tell «academician»? In France «académicien» means a person elected by other «académiciens». «Les académiciens» generally made university studies but it isn’t compulsory. A lecturer for me is a conference speaker. Perhaps, that word may mean an other thing. Excuse me for my curiosity. That gets to improve my English. Best regards.
Hi mclaude, which part of the lesson are you referring to?
Thanks a lot for your feedback and your great help. The question isn’t in your lessons. I asked Yagmurcamd a question about informations that he has given on himself. So, I wait his answer.
Best regards. Marie-Claude
Amazing lesson thanks ?
Thanks, Manoura! I’m glad you liked it!
Hi Alex, thank you for your lesson, it was clearly. I got 10 out of 10.
“It was clear.” You can also say “It was clearly explained.”
Great job on the quiz, Victor!
I gave 10 correct answers.
Thank you for the lesson
Fantastic job! Now practice the rules when you’re speaking!
I got 10 out of 10. :) Thanks Alex.
Great job! Keep on studying!
thank you very much mr Alex
Any time. I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
got 8.. both the mistakes were due to IF and THAT . Need to practice more to understand the situation better. any videos related to this would be helpful.
Could you give me more information on what you mean?
thans teacher….
“Thanks, teacher.”
My pleasure! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
As always, thanks for clicking, everyone! I hope you enjoyed the video. Don’t forget that if you want to support the website, you can donate @ engvid.com/support. This helps us to continue doing what we’re doing! Also, add me on Facebook (facebook.com/alex.engvid) and Twitter (twitter.com/alexengvid) to keep in touch. Thanks for studying with EngVid!
I would like to thank your team. i learnt lots of things from you people and trying to do IELTS in future soon. i got ten out ten marks. Hurrah!
Nice job! I’m glad we’ve been able to help you.
Thank you for the great and interesting lesson.I like it very much.Someyimes,I’m confused how to use”reported speed”but now you help me.
I’ve got 9/10.I want to do better so I will listen to your lesson again and try to do it perfectly.
Thank you!^-^
Nice job! Keep studying and getting better!
Nine out of ten,I thought the last one was #4, using past perfect, because the question was already in the past.
The last one doesn’t use the past perfect correctly, though. The verb form is not the past participle, which is what it should be with the past perfect.
Yep, that’s right!
But that question doesn’t have a correct answer then, does it? Coz #2 uses present perfect ‘have enjoyed’ when it should be ‘had enjoyed’ in Past Perfect.
And ‘this’ should be changed into ‘that’.
10 out of 10. Thanks for a great lesson!
Nice job! Keep it up!
thanks Alex
Hi i am an engineer too and my language is turkish also so i think we can improve our english together so can we be in touch
i am from kirkuk and working at power plant as an electrical engineer
Any time. Thanks for watching.
thanks t Alex it’s really helpful lesson I get 9 out of 10
Great job! Keep on studying.
Thank U Alex for this lesson. Reported speech is a new topic for me. Have a nice day!
That’s good! You’re learning new things.
Have a nice day as well!
Thank you Alex it was very useful i got 10 out of 10
Nice job, Malak. Keep on studying. :)
I enjoyed this lesson as every lesson you’ve made thanks a lot my best teacher
my best !
Thanks a lot, Oussouby! I really appreciate that. Have a great day.
Thank you Alex. You made very useful lesson, as always. You are perfect teacher :)
That’s very kind of you to say. Thanks a lot, Timur. I’m glad you’ve been enjoying my lessons.
Thank you for yet another great lesson.Could we use the word ‘whether’,instead of ‘if’,to report yes/no questions?
Absolutely! I should have mentioned that in the lesson.
Hi Alex
Thank you so much for the great lessons.You had a lesson about “Either or Neither” and I asked a question about something related to that lesson, could you please make some time and answer that?
Thank you :)
Hi Alex,
nice and useful lesson as always. But i must confess I do not like grammar. I find it a bit boring. Could you prepare a lesson on Star Wars as you did a few months ago?
Haha. That lesson took a lot of work. Maybe in the future, but not any time soon!
Yes, I did it!
Thank you for your video, your English is very clear, and I understood everything, I am very happy!!
Hi Alex
You’ve been always providing useful lessons. I am enjoying it a lot.
That’s great to hear. Thanks for checking out my videos. :)
A great a class
Thank you very much. Have a great weekend. :)
hi Alex, Thanks you so much, your video is very helpful and I have a question, in your example:”Can you play guitar” is that correct? As I know, we always have to put “the” before an instrument so It must be” Can you play the guitar?”. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Thanks
You can use both.
Can you play guitar?
Can you play the guitar?
There is no difference in tone or formality. It’s the same with seasons.
I love spring.
I love the spring.
Oh I got it, Thanks you so much ^^
Hello Can we have a converstaion on Skype??
This lesson was short but clear and so helpful.
Many thanks, Alex. :)
You’re very welcome! My pleasure!
I got 9/10. thanks you, teacher !
wooowww, I got 10/10, thanks Alex for this useful lesson.
Dear Alex,
i got 8 correct out of 10. But it’s a really amazing experience..
Waiting for another gem ..
Anes
I got 10/10!!!
Good Lesson.
Thank you very much for the nice lesson, Alex.
I have one question concerning the verb tenses:
—Is Kate here?
—He wanted to know if she was here?
Couldn’t we use a present tense:
He wants to know if she is here?
Merci Alex.
De rien. :)
Thank you very much Alex!
Your teaching always is very interesting for me I appreciate it.
Best Regards!
Thanks for checking out the video. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happyness was the key to life. When I went to school they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
Obviouvsly this is not a real experience of my life, it’s John Lennon’s.
Thanks for your lesson Alex and take care.
That’s really great. :) Thanks for posting that!
10 out of 10 !
Good job, thanks Alex
Nice job! Keep it up!
Very clear, thank you. I wonder why Mr James speaks so fast.
That’s just his natural speech. A lot of his lessons are meant for advanced students.
Thanks Alex for a helpful lesson.!
My pleasure. Thanks for studying with me!
Thank you, Mr. Alex, your lesson is very clear.
Thanks for watching and for studying with EngVid, BigMitch!
I have got 100/100 but I need more challenging test. how can I get them?
We have other lessons that are more advanced, so I’d check those out if you’re looking for a challenge.
Thank you so much Alex
You’re very welcome. Thanks for clicking and for studying with EngVid.
Hi Alex! Thanks for this lesson, it was very educative.
“Educational.” :)
You’re very welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
“Educational”, thanks for correcting me.
Please tell me, when do I have to use educative?
“Educational” is much more common in the contexts you are probably thinking. “Educative” is possible, but not as common.
“The internet can be a wonderful educative tool.”
“The book has a lot of educative uses.”
It’s a difficult distinction, but know that “educational” is the one that’s more frequently used.
I got it 9 out of 10… Thanks Alex
Great job! Keep studying!
I had had a lots difficult about reported speech in my English course, but this lesson was very good for me.
thank you so much!
You’re welcome, Romulo! I’m glad I could help. It’s definitely not an easy subject.
Ohh ,really thxxx teacher i got 7 of 10 q
This is a very enjoy
Not bad! Keep studying.
“This is very enjoyable.” :)
3+5 = 8
3 plus 5 (is/are) 8?
3 + 5 (make/makes) 8
Three plus five (equal/equals) eight?
3 and 5 (is/are) 8?
Are the verbs (make, equal, and is/are) interchangeable?
Does the plural subject take a plural verb in these example?
Some quick answers…
is
makes
equals
is
Use the third person. :) The most common word people use is “is.” After that, “equals.” “Makes” is also used. All three are interchangeable in this context, though.
This lesson was extremely helpful!!! Thank you so much!
You’re very welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Alex.. I really learned this lesson. Your lessons is very nice.
Thanks for your feedback, rmsouza. I appreciate it!
thanks, i enjoyed it
Thanks for clicking and for studying with EngVid. :)
Excelent class!! I enjoyed
I’m really glad to hear that! Thanks for studying with me and with EngVid.
10 out of 10! Thank You Alex for lessons, I wait for your new video!
Already? Haha. You will have to wait for another two weeks. The next video is VERY different, though. I hope you like it!
Hi Alex. I liked this video a lot! It’s a very useful lesson. Thank you so much. I got 100.
Great job, Julio! Keep it up. :)
Thanks again, Alex, for your straightforward and very useful lessons!
Alex asked us if we liked this lesson and I answered yes and greeted him for one more very useful lesson. :)
Ha! Nice job, Fabio. As always, I appreciate your feedback. I hope the weather’s nice in your part of Brazil this week!
The weather is a little chill and cloudy here in the town I live, Campinas: 13 degrees celsius.
This is much better than the weather of the last saturday, when it was pouring so much that certain neighbourhoods in this city was partially destroyed — something that was never recorded before. Some imagens of this incident can be seen following this link: http://correio.rac.com.br/_conteudo/2016/06/campinas_e_rmc/431949-tempestade-deixa-rastro-de-destruicao-na-cidade.html
Excluding this ocurrence, generally the mild cold weather is welcome and interesting to drink wine and hot tea, and eat some different foods.
I hope you’re all enjoying the spring and the coming summer in Canada!
Hi,
Could you please make a video about:
(different vs difference) and (Clothes vs Clothing)
Because I don’t know what is the different between them :(. and I search about that but I didn’t find the answer which I was looking for,so please help me
And Thanx a lot :).
The basic difference between “different” and “difference” is that “different” is an adjective and “difference” is a noun. The word “different” must describe something.
You look different today. (describing YOU)
You’re wearing different shoes today. (describing SHOES)
I’ve been looking for a different book. (describing BOOK)
Difference must typically be used with “a” or “the” in front of it.
I don’t see the difference.
She didn’t even notice the difference.
There’s a difference between right and wrong.
I’ll have to think more about “clothes” and “clothing,” but I’d say “clothes” is much more commonly used, and “clothing” just sounds like it’s used in more formal situations.
I like your clothes/clothing. (“clothing” sounds possible but strange in most contexts here)
You can use clothing when talking about “A clothing store” or “the men’s/women’s clothing section” in a store.
“She has a lot of clothes/clothing.” (again, both are possible, but “clothes” just sounds more natural and used)
Thanks!
thank Alex for your lesson!
My pleasure. Thanks for clicking.
Hi Alex! i am loving the lessons. I am a beginner student and these lessons are helping me enough, thanks for that. I have a question about this quiz. In one of the questions, I think that is the question number five, you wrote “stop!” and after was written in the question ” he asked” us.. Would not be “he said us”???
You cannot say “He said us.” The structure is incorrect. Check out my video on “say” and “tell” for the correct form. :)
In this context, you can say…
“He told us to stop.”
“He asked us to stop.”
“He commanded us to stop.”
“He advised us to stop.”
…and more.
Hi Alex, thank you.
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching. :)
hi alex , i am an english teacher but i need to enhance my english specially speaking , what should i do please help me please
Thank you for lesson! very easy to understand the rules.
I thank you for this very valuable workThank you
Thanks a lot, Alex. This video is pretty useful for me. Although the one is short, your explanation is so clear and methodical. What a excellent teacher you are. I enjoy watching your videos.
you are perfect
hi Alex, it is first time to watch your video but i was following this site long time, really i liked the way you are teaching and i got 100% in this quiz. good start with you lessons. thanks for giving us your valuable time
Nice job! Keep studying!
Hello Alex,
Thank you for this wonderful lesson and for helping us. Every time you are doing your best. Alex, I have one question in my mind after doing the quiz. In the question number five, you said that we can use “He asked us to stop”. Don’t we use “ask” to report yes/no questions? What I want to say is “Stop.” is not an interrogative sentence, it is an imperative. As we know, while reporting imperatives, we use verbs like “say”, “tell”, “command”, or “advise”. Could you please enlighten me about this? So I can put an end to my doubt. I look forward to your reply.
Kind Regards,
Roya.
You’re right. However, a person could think a command is just a request. Think of the person asking “Could you stop, please?” instead, and you have your answer. Good question!
Thank a lot Alex
Thank you!!!! I got it!
I got 7-10 I need to take the class again!
got 10 correct out of 10! lol…
I love this lesson, thanks:)
i can develop my english skills by following your videos. Thank you, all these are so clear and understandable. have you and other teachers in engvid published any video about the word “through” ? if there is, i have been ckecked mostly but i couldn’t find.
Thanks you for this good lesson.
I have done the quiz and got 10.
I have a question, let me say that someone told me “was there any green pen on your desk yesterday?”
In your lesson you changed the tense of verbs to past when you used “if”. so if I had a question which is already in the past. How should I report it?
Shall I use the past tense or Past Perfect Tense?
My Regards
Muhanand
The question should be “Was there a green pen on your desk yesterday?” When reporting the simple past, you SHOULD go to the past perfect. However, many native speakers just keep it in simple past when reporting, especially if they are reporting shortly after the original conversation.
hellO
I would my message finds you well.
I would be glad if you could tell me a little about the language psychology at teaching
also give me a hand by expressing some english teaching methods,how a teacher/constructor could properly motivate students to talk
by the way this is mehdi form iran-tehran
thanks indeed
I will be waitting for your response
I got 9/10 so thank you so much!
Yes Alex .. its really nice how you explain the construction of reporting form..good luck
i have done the uizz with 10 correct.
Thanks for your teach.
Can you say “guitar”? it should be “the guitar” as we have learnt….
I really was wrong in this rule but now I catch the meaning thanks
Hello,
what is the difference between TOP, CAP, LID as a noun ?
a top of a bottle
a cap of a bottle
a lid of a bottle
regards
Hi Alex thank you for this helpful lesson.
My friend asked if i like reported speech video , my answer is yes !
Hi Alex! Thanks for this lesson.
You got 10 correct out of 10.
:D
Thanks
Thank you Alex I really enjoyed this vidio.
great lesson! thank you very much indeed.
What tense should I use after “if”?
Hi Alex, I really need grammar, your lessons are helping me so much!! I have learnt with you! Thank you!!
Hello Alex, thank you very much for the video lesson. It’s really helpful and useful for me. I took the quiz and got 10 correct out of 10. Kind regards
hi , its impressive how you replied almost all the comments :) .
and yes i love this website , so helpful and thank you and all your colleagues for making FREE quality videos to teach and help people round the world learn English easier ;)
i got 9 correct answers,thanks for the lesson.
actully i’m a bit confused about whether we use past partciple of the verb or just the past form in the reported sentence.
Hello alex ,
Thanks for teaching
I really enjoyed this lesson.
I got 9 correct out of 10.
Hey Alex. Thanx got 10 out of 10.
Do you understand this video?
Alex asked me if I understood that video
I got 10, thank you so much.
Thank u so much Alex for such a useful lesson.
I got 8 out of 10
Teacher Alex asked me if I enjoyed this video by the end of the quiz and I say I did because I got it all correct. Thanks for the very important grammar topic on this. Take care ;)
My question is … as i know in reported speech the past simple change into past perfect >>> so when the question start with did that means this is past simple??????
Yes I also wonder that… I’ve been using Lingualeo.com to study English and in their reported speech lessons I’ve seen that we should change past tense to past perfect tense, isn’t it correct? Can anybody please help us with this?
Thanks a million!
Perfect, i’ve done 10/10
Thanks Alex
Hi, Alex! Thank you for this video. I have a question. Ronnie said in her video about reported speech that we should use past perfect tense if the quoted speech was in past simple, but there are not such possible answers in the 7th and 10th questions of the Quiz. Thanks a lot.
Excelent topic! Thanks Alex
This lesson is so useful and easy!
I love this lesson :D
The last question asks me if I enjoyed the video. I definitely enjoyed it. Unfortunately, I answered wrong because I had thought that I should transfer tense from past to past participle, but the answer with “had enjoy” is not right, so I chose the answer B (present participle). I am sorry for my diffuse explanation. But above all, I enjoyed your lesson, Alex!. Thank you so much.
Hello Teacher! I loved this video!Congratulations! But I have a doubt in the Question 10: Direct speech Simple Past / indirect speech :Past Participle
Why it didn’t change to a past participle ?
I did it well at last 10 out of 10.
Great.. Thank you sir…
I do want to practise my english speaking with someone. Is there anyone?
My facebook email is : zeeshanmunir132@yahoo.com
My whatsapp number is: +923155240575 , also it’s on imo.
It will be my pleasure to speak with you.
Thanking you in anticipation.
OH MY GOD…
I JUST GOT 10 OF10
THANK YOU ALEX~~~THE LESSON IS SO USEFUL:)))
Great! Scored 10 out 10.
Thanks for you help
I have wrong the 7 and 10 question, because in pass and i put past perfect.
I liked your lesson Alex. Thank you very much!
Dear Alex, you’re great!
Alex asked us if we enjoyed this lesson-
We said yes! :)
Thanks for another good lesson Alex!
Wish u having a superb day!
Thanks Alex Reported Speech it was always a terrible theme for me in my course and now I can review some exercices with you… Tks.
hey Alex. I like your lesson very much. i got 8 out of 10
I got 6 correct out of 10. I’ll try more sir by the way tanks for your this lesson.
i got 90. thank you so much
Thanks a lot Alex,
Regarding yes/no question, in reported speech part why you changed the present tense to past tense
Thank you teacher Alex, I enjoyed your video ?
Me too
Thanx
Alex! Sorry, about the second question… I don’t understand one thing! Why did you conjugate the verb “to say” at the third person singular if “The signs” is a plural noun? I can’t really understand! “The signs says… not to park”
10/10. Thank you, Alex! Especially for “David Bowie was an alien who went back to his home planet”))
You’re a great teacher!
Excellent explanation
thanks
Thanks I enjoyed it. I got 10/10
Thanks I really enjoyed it
Thanks Alex I’ve got 8 correct!
Tks alex
thanks so much
Thank you so much Alex. I got 7 true out of 10. Hi from Turkey ,to you…
Excellent Lesson.. Thanks Alex..
Thank you very much, I got 100 score. I learned this lesson very well, even though I had not seen previous video. I hope that the following sentence be true.
Alex : “Subscribe this video ”
Narges : Alex wanted to know if I subscribed this video .
or
Alex asked if I subscribe this video .
I DONT KNOW MAY BE ITS COMPLICATED SOMETHING , I CONFUSED WITH THE THREE LESSONS FOR THIS TOPIC (REPORTED SPEECH ) COULD YOU HELP ME PLEASE HOW CAN I STAR WITHOUT CONFUSING ?
Alex hi, may I ask you why in the last question the right answer was not “have enjoyed”? Thank you!
i want to ask you
why in the last question the right answer was not “have enjoyed”? Thank you!
because the rule is the past tense became past perfect.
hey teacher ALEX i like yuor lesson pretty much. i already clear my reported speech. well done thanks a lot
Hi,Alex. Why did you not suggest variant ”Alex asked if we had enjoyed this video” ? I think it would be more correctly. Or am I wrong ?
Thanks Alex. This is a short but very useful lesson. I got full.
Hi… Alex… Could please tell me.. where is VALEN ?
THANKS A LOT
ALEX
GOT 9/10 IN YOUR QUIZ AND 19/20 IN MY UNIT TEST
i have answered these question and i have finished 7/10.
Thanks you teacher.
Thank you Alex, i had a prefect score.
excellent lesson
100%
Hi Alex! Thanks (9 correct out of 10). ;)
You got 10 correct out of 10. :D
Thank you Alex!
Thanks for your lessons . They are useful! I was clearly explained. =)
I got 10/10…
Thank you Alex
Hello Alex,
Is it correct to use “would” when reporting a sentence whose content has yet to take place? For example I read on this week’s Economist:”Emmanuel Macron, a former economy minister in France’s Socialist government, announced that he would run for the French presidency next year (2017).” I thought that we can use “would” when something has already happened (or not) and we look back to the past:
“I’ll go to the cinema tomorrow” (uttered, say, on Monday) which becomes “He said he would go to the cinema the following day” (uttered on Friday)not knowing if eventually he went or not. But in the economist example the elections haven’t yet taken place. I hope I made myself clear enough. Thanks in advance!
Hey! Ronie tought us if we converting quote in Past Simple into reporting speach we should use Past perfect. So what about question #10, why this rule did not aply here?
it seems that there is a mistake
did you know this answer?
he asked me if I had known the answer????
in reported speech in the quiz:
did you enjoy the video?
the answer is :
he asked me if I had enjoyed the video
and not He asked me if I enjoyed the video
is that correct??
I felt the same way, maybe. You mean the tense should be go back when we form a reported speech, right?
Alex wrote about that above answering the same question:”The question should be “Was there a green pen on your desk yesterday?” When reporting the simple past, you SHOULD go to the past perfect. However, many native speakers just keep it in simple past when reporting, especially if they are reporting shortly after the original conversation.”
thanks SIR ALEX.
Hi Alex my favourite teacher:
could you expalin aq little more about the last question #10 ? it’s kinda confusing to me and seemingly other students.
what I learned so far from the other engvid’s teachers tells that simple past tense turns to past perfect tense.
so:
Did you enjoyed? —> you enjoyed —> she had enjoyed
Alex wrote about that above answering the same question:”The question should be “Was there a green pen on your desk yesterday?” When reporting the simple past, you SHOULD go to the past perfect. However, many native speakers just keep it in simple past when reporting, especially if they are reporting shortly after the original conversation.”
Many thanks for your lesson. I enjoyed it very much!
It was a very useful lesson. … Thanks for your help ?
Good learning through great teaching!
Thanks Alex! My result is 100!
Hi!
Thank you for all your lessons, Alex! It is easy to understand them.
I have a question – is it possible to say like this:
Is she here? -> He wanted to know if she was there?
Is there any difference with your example?
Thank you!
I think I seem to become a good student.
It is very useful for me to understand.
Thank you so much!
Thanks , Alex! You are the best!
That’s right.
Thank you so much for your lesson Alex.
Alex you are really the best young teacher who is can explain all details very very and again very incredible. Wish you were my teacher.You can encourage me when I listen you.
I ve done 9 correct out of 10.))))))))))) thanks Alex
I got 9/10
i got 9/10
can u put more videos and quiz
Really really thank you mr Alix I get 7☺️
And I’m happy I did not make mastak I last question ?
10/10
thanks mr Alex for that awesome lesson.
yessss!
I am a beginner but I got 10/10!
Sir Alex I really enjoyed your video!
that was seriously a helpful video for many….
thankyou! :D
That’s great. 9/10 :D
Wow Alex thanks I got 100% !!!!!!!!
thanks a lot Alex. I got 100%
I got 100% it’s incredible.
wow. I got a 9. Thanks, Alex.
Alex I got 10.Your amazing Alex keep it up :D
Hello Alex
First of all I really enjoy your lessons and the way you teach. Could you help me. I’m stuck here:
“Did you know about that?” – it looks like past simple
I thought – “She asked me if I HAD KNOWN about that” because past simple has to be transformed into past perfect, but I didn’t find this option. Could you point me out where is my mistake?
Thank you
Alex, thanks for your lesson. As usual, It is really helpful.
I have a question about the reported speech in the Y/N questions:
Could I put “whether” instead of “IF”? Thus, considerating that a Y/N question give two options for answering it.
Regards
Thankyou Alex!!!
Thank you Alex!!! Amazing explanation!
Thanks
In the near past, I didn´t answer correct the reported speech, now I got it.
Hi Alex, I have learned about reported speech before. But I was confused when I watched your video because my teacher said that I needed to change “here” to “there” in reported speech. Can you give a complete explanation? Thank you so much.
10 out of 10 :) a top class teacher !! i wish i had bumped into you long time ago :)
I got 10 correct out of 10! Thanks a bunch Alex!
I would also like to ask you for a brief explanation when to use ” to + infinite verb ” and ” to + ING verb form”. I got a little confused while taking the test. Thank you in advance!
Very simple and easy to understand! 10/10 Thank you:)
it is such an amazing video and site to study english lessons , i got 7 out 10 :(
but i didn’t understand the last question which is past simple and the answer is in past perfect isn’t it? i was wondering why is if we enjoyed this video instead if we had enjoyed thus video? many thanks
Thank you!
Thank you for this lesson.
I would like to know if i could change ” IF ” for “WHETHER” in the YES/NO questions.
I could answer 10 questions right) Thank you)
I could answer 7/10. I am going to try more.
I studied this long time ago but got 10 out of 10!:) Thank you for lesson, it was very usefull to remember it
Thanks I could answer 7/10 . I need to learn this leasson!
Thanks you so much Alex. The lesson was perfect as always. I could answer 10/10 :)
Nice to meet you from Japan, Alex. I’m new here, just signed up for your lesson.I got 8 of 10 on this test, which makes me happy! Thank you for your video!
I don’t understand the tense of “Yes/No Questions” with reported speech form.
I thought, to answer the question, “Did you know about that?” in the form of reported speech, “She asked me if I had known about it.” was right. However, the collect answer was, “She asked me if I knew about it.”
And the same way, at the last question, I thought, “Alex asked if we had enjoyed this video.” was the way it would be.
I’m not sure if my excuse to come across well, why we can ignore the rule, which what I understood, “to form reported speech, go one tense back from quoted speech form.”
I wish you would answer my question. Though either way, I’m looking forward to your following lessons!!
Alex wrote about that above answering the same question:”The question should be “Was there a green pen on your desk yesterday?” When reporting the simple past, you SHOULD go to the past perfect. However, many native speakers just keep it in simple past when reporting, especially if they are reporting shortly after the original conversation.”
Hello Alex,
Congratulations and thank you for your useful, clear and interesting videos. I wonder why you don’t make some about Conditionals.
Regards,
Carlos.
tnxs sir its really helpful
8 correct out of ten :(
thank u
Thank you Alex, the lessons are very useful for me who want to improve an English skill.
thanks teacher Alex i get 10 out 10
Hi Alex, your lessons are very useful and I love your lessons.Thanks
Thanks a lot! I get 10 out of 10, it´s awesome!
Hello alex i wanna thank you for for the useful lessons i get 10/10
Thank You, Alex, for helping me to understand. it is very clear because you have done very well.
I got 10/10
Thanks
Where can I ask quaestions? ^^
Direct: He said, “I went there last Saturday.”
Reported : He said that he had gone there the Saturday before.
Is that correct? I’m not sure how I should change ‘Last Saturday.’
Please give me a correct answer! Thanks a lot
in Quiz
“Do not park.”
The signs says _
it should be . the signs said ???
thank you Alex
Great lesson, great teacher! ?
good lesson alex
I got 10! Thank you Alex,you are a very good teacher.
Hello alex
I have 2 question.
Can you plz help in this carefully.
I want to know what happend to first condition when we report it.
For example if u go out in cold u catch cold.(i mean in this situation it turns to hypothetical )
And tow for fact like canada is beutiful.
Thank u very much.
Hey alex in question 10 u asked : did you enjoy the video?
It shouldt be. if we had enjoyed the vidoe? Cuz of did?
Thanks alex
sir alex i like your teaching method and first time i understood the narration …thank sir alex and all other teacher staff who are doing this effort…
i got 9 out of 10..
Hi! Thanks for such a short and very informative update Sir.
Thanks again
Thanks, Alex! You are a talented teacher. I got 10 out of 10.
Thanks Alex!I got 8 out of 10.Very useful!
Yay, I got 10 answers correct.
Thanks Alex! You are one of among excellent English teachers in this world.
10/10 finally I’m learning reported speech thanks, teacher!!!
Hi I was wondering to get tested on reported speech lessons and where to click , I can’t found any link!!!!!
Thanks for the test, it was helpful I’ve got 9 of 10
hi alex thanks for your efforts and hard work i realy enjoed learning english with you
i was inquired about the sentence that says
is she here? shouldnot we say he wanted to know if she was there (not here )
and second can we say whether insted of if
10 out of 10 :) It was pleasure to study with you :) Br=est regard from Poland
I´m not sure but I think there is a mistake in this exercise, if a yes/no question is in past simple (like number 10) DID YOU ENJOY THIS VIDEO? the answer must be in past perfect, or Am I wrong? let me know please¡ I think the answer is: ALEX ASKED ME IF I HAD ENJOYED THIS VIDEO.
I’m also confused. It really looks like a mistake
You said that in this class you were going to look at two very specify cases of reported speech. you also said to watch other videos before your class or to watch this lesson first.you said to study a lot of English if I wanted to improve my English.finally you said to make sure to use if when the report was a question. thanks your class was fantastic.
Sorry, second answer: “The signs says” – it is a mistake
Thank you Mr. Alex. I really enjoyed this video.
Hello, Alex.I hope you are Ok. Alex, could you tell me the right way to use the following in the indirect speech. ( When her husband came home from work, she said to him, ” Here are the Christmas cards for our friends”… What did she say? Am I right to say? She said that there were the Christmas cards for their friends or it’s better to say She gave the Christmas cards to her husband whithout using the indirect speech… Which is the best way? Thanks for helping)))
Thanks Mr.Alex. We love your English lessons
I did 9 ! Thank you!for this lesson!
Thank you for the lesson, Alex! But I have a question about the quiz. In the last sentence we don’t change the time in the second part. Why?
Did you enjoy this video?
Alex asked if we enjoyed this video.
Why not “Alex asked if we had enjoyed this video”?
Thank you!
Thank you for helping us! Your tips are great!
Hello,
Thank you for your lessons. May I ask you why #10 is using past simple in reported speech (. I thought it had to be past perfect because of past simple in direct speech. The same #7 past simple in direct speech = past simple in reported speech. Thank you
10 out of 10
thank you
Hello, Alex thank you for your lesson. I have a question…. In the last question of the practice could I say “Alex asked if we have enjoyed this” instead of “Alex asked if we enjoyed this video? it would be the same? (In case there is a different could you explain me thar, please)
Thank you so much
Quiz 7 and 9. Past simple (did) and present simple (do). Why answer same – knew? Why not knew and had known? Pl let me know. Please.
Quiz 2. The signs says. Why not the signs say (without s)?
I’ve got 8/10???? HOOOW?
Hi Alex,
Thanks a lot for your effort and this nice lesson, I enjoyed it and I got a new information, You said if I enjoyed the lesson to tag a like in your You Tube.
Sure I will do .
BR.
I watched this video twice on May 27, 2021, and I took the quiz after watching it once. I got ten correct out of 10.
Hi dear Alex!Thanks for your amazing videos.
I’ve got a question.
May told us she wanted to get a flu shot tomorrow.
I saw this sentence in my book and I was wondering why the time《tomorrow》is unchanged??
When don’t we change the time and place of indirect speeches?
Thank you in advance.
Hello there )
Don`t we change Here into There in the reported speech? “is she here?” – he asked. – He asked if she was there. ??? Thank you for your super videos!
Got a perfect score. Thank you for sharing this video.
Great class dear Alex as always you’re so funny with the options… many greetings from Surco…
I got 10/10. Thank you.
I answer your last question now.
Yes, of course!!!
I have just done the quiz and I got 7 out of 10.
Thanks for this video!
I really understand your teaching
Thanks a lot! Great class!
sir, the question 10 confused me, why don’t we use backshift for it ? it is in past simple and will be transformed to past perfect, was I right ? :(
Hope that you will respond me ;(((
Thanks
thanks a lot