Hi, there, guys. Welcome back. We're going to
do a lesson today on using indirect speech. What does that mean? Well, this is where we
are relating something that someone said. I'm going to talk you through the differences
between indirect speech -- or reported speech -- and direct speech, using these little things
called "quotation marks" or "speech marks". I'm going to give you some useful vocab for
using reported speech, and showing you the difference between "tell" and "say".
I hope it's useful. So my friend Billy, he's not feeling very
well today. So he says, "I'm feeling sick." Now, if I'm using direct speech, that's where
I use my quotation marks, my speech marks. I would write it like this: Billy said -- with
a little comma -- "I'm feeling sick." -- end of quotation marks. But if I'm using reported
speech, this is I don't use his exact words, and I don't use these quotation marks. So I
could say in reported speech: Billy said that he was feeling sick. I have used the
same words here. But look. I'm using "said that" and no quotation marks. Now, what are the differences between reported
speech and direct speech? Well, direct speech uses the present. Look here. "I'm feeling
sick." "I am" is obviously in the present. Whereas reported speech is going to use past.
He said that he was feeling sick. So these are how we put some verbs into the
past -- irregular verbs. Here, look. "I am" goes to "he was". "Am" goes to "was". "Are"
would go to "were". So if Billy said, "You are a jerk", in reported speech, it would
be, "Billy said that you were a jerk." "Do" and "does" would go to "did". So if Billy
is saying, "I do play snooker", it would be in reported speech, "Billy said that he did
play snooker on Tuesday last week." Okay? "Have" and "has" would go to "had". "Will"
is going to go to "would". "Can" is going to go to "could". Okay? Difficult spellings.
Doesn't sound how it's spelled. And then, with your regular verbs, it's going to go to
+ ed. So Billy might say, "I want to party tonight." If I'm going to do reported speech,
it would be, "Billy said that he wanted to party tonight." Okay? I hope you're with
me so far. I hope you're understanding. Good, good, good. Now, "tell" is a little bit different to "say".
So when I use the verb "tell", I know whom the person is talking to. For example, "Billy
told me that you were a jerk." So "talking to me", so I use "tell". I know who the person
is talking to. But when I use "say", we don't know who the person is talking to. So "Billy
said that you were kissing at school." Okay? "Said" -- it doesn't say "me". It doesn't
say "said me". It just says "said". Okay? So we don't know who the person is talking
to. Obviously, he's probably talking to me, but it doesn't say that here,
so I need to use "said". Okay? Now, some interesting verbs to make your writing
a bit more fluent, a bit more interesting to read. I could use "inform". Okay? This is
just going to take -- so if I'm using reported speech, remember I'm going to put it into
the past. So here, it's a regular verb, so I'll add -ed. "Billy informed me that he was
going to be late for my lesson." We've already done "said". "Billy said that he was feeling
sick." "Billy answered with the correct answer." Okay? So this is regular. I'm going to add
in my -ed. "Billy reported to me that Sandra was behaving badly." You're a naughty girl,
Sandra. Billy has reported you. Now, this one's going to go irregular, "reply". "Billy
replied that the lunch was disgusting." Okay. How do we form this? Well, we take off the Y
and put -ed, -ied. "Billy replied that the lunch was disgusting." Now, "respond". This is
regular. "Billy responded that he was happy to be alive" -- -ed, okay? I'm playing around
here. So "suggest" is going to be -ed and "persuade", -ed. What do these mean? "Inform"
means "give information". You know what "said" is. "Answer", question, answer. "Report",
like, report, give some information again. "Reply" is question, answer. "Respond" is
just answer. "Suggest" is like -- it's like a whisper. "I suggested to the bus driver
that he put his foot on the accelerator." "Suggest" -- it's an idea, a suggestion. And
"persuade" is when you're persuading, "Come on, everybody. Make sure you do the quiz after
this. You know where to find it, www.engvid.com." That is the end of today's lesson. Please
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-- what is it? Exquisite English, a Facebook page. That's my page. Well done. Hope you
remember this. Direct speech -- remember using the inverted commas. Present tense, reported
speech, in the past. And we often use "said that" or one of these interesting verbs. Well
done. Good concentration. See you next time.
