Grammar

Here we how to report yes or no questions, including when to use if or whether, changes to word order, pronoun and tense adjustments, distinctions between formal and informal reporting, and common mistakes learners should watch for.

This article explains how to tell apart and report promises, offers, and warnings in English. It covers common reporting verbs, sentence patterns, pronoun and time shifts, reporting styles, and frequent learner mistakes.

Here we why place references change in reported speech, how demonstratives like this, that, these, and those are used, the use of here and there, how speaker perspective and context affect choices, and typical mistakes learners make.

Here we the use of that-clauses in reported speech, including which verbs take them, when that is optional or required, how to structure these clauses, their effect on meaning and emphasis, and common mistakes learners make.

Here we why time expressions change in reported speech, lists typical direct and reported forms, and explains the difference between direct and indirect time references.

Here we why pronouns change in reported speech, how subject, object, and possessive pronouns shift, and the impact of speaker perspective and context. It also points out typical mistakes people make when changing pronouns.

This article explains how to express and report suggestions and advice in English. It covers common reporting verbs, using infinitives or gerunds, making polite or indirect suggestions, pronoun changes, and frequent learner errors.

This article explains how to report commands and instructions in English. It covers using tell and ask, forming object plus infinitive structures, reporting negative commands, changing pronouns and references, and avoiding common mistakes.

Here we how to express and report opinions and beliefs in English. It explains the use of reporting verbs, that-clauses, pronoun and perspective shifts, tense choices, and highlights common mistakes in reporting thoughts and beliefs.

The article defines reported speech and its uses, compares direct and indirect speech and their features, explains how to preserve meaning, gives advice on choosing between them, and points out common beginner mistakes with reported speech.