Reported Speech

B1–C1

Reporting what someone else said, asked or told you to do — without quoting them directly.

Lessons in this category

Turning direct statements into reported speech.

Reporting questions — word order changes and no question mark.

Why and how tenses shift one step back in reported speech.

Now becomes then, here becomes there — adjusting time and place words.

Reporting orders and requests with told/asked + infinitive.

When the tense doesn't need to shift back.

Beyond said and told — suggest, insist, warn, and other precise reporting verbs.