Understanding Reported Speech with Simple Animations

Welcome to our lesson on reported speech!Reported speech is how we tell others what someone said without using their exact words.Let's see how this works with two people having a conversation.When someone says 'I am happy'...We can report it as 'She said she was happy'.Let's look at more examples of how direct speech changes to reported speech.Notice how 'I live here' becomes 'He said he lived there'.And 'We are studying' changes to 'They said they were studying'.When using reported speech, we need to change certain words to match the new context.Personal pronouns, time expressions, and place references often need to change.Now that we understand the basics of reported speech...When we report what someone said, we often need to change the verb tenses.For example, the present simple tense 'I work here' becomes past simple 'He said he worked there' in reported speech.Let's look at the main tense changes that occur in reported speech.Let's look at how to report yes/no questions using 'if' or 'whether'.Here's another example showing both 'if' and 'whether' can be used.Now let's see how wh-questions work in reported speech.Notice how the question word stays, but the word order changes to that of a statement.Let's move on to reporting commands and requests.We use 'tell' for direct commands and 'ask' for polite requests.Let's review the key rules for reporting questions and commands.To wrap up our lesson on reported speech, let's remember these important points.Thanks for learning about reported speech with Spark.E!