Reported Speech
Learn how to report conversations, questions, requests and statements accurately and naturally.
Share what someone said
Reported speech allows us to tell others about conversations without repeating every word exactly.
It is widely used in everyday conversation, journalism, business communication, academic writing and storytelling. Understanding how reported speech works will make your English more natural and flexible.
Once you understand the patterns behind reported speech, changing tenses, pronouns and time expressions becomes much easier than trying to memorise individual rules.
Learn your way
Explore Reported Speech
These topics are presented in the order in which they are commonly introduced in many English courses.
This is not a recommendation for the order in which you should study them.
The philosophy and approach of Teacher-In-A-Box is always:
Your personal learning platform. Progress at YOUR pace.
Begin wherever you feel most comfortable, revisit topics whenever you need to and build your confidence one step at a time.
Focus on the message
Report the meaning, not just the words.
Good reported speech is about communicating what someone meant in a clear and natural way. Once you understand why changes happen, the grammar becomes much easier to apply with confidence.
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