Reported Speech: How to Explain What Someone Else Said in English

rolling cool hi everybody welcome back to our weekly live stream my name is Alisha and today we're going to talk about how to report speech in this lesson I'm going to focus on verbs that we use to report speech in English I'm going to focus on say tell speak and talk and how and when to use them and I'm going to cover some kind of guidelines for how to choose which tense to use at the end of the lesson I'm also going to talk about some other expressions that we use when we're reporting speech or when we're talking about speech so I hope that you can use this right away and you can also find these kinds of things in your reading too so I hope it's a good lesson for everybody all right as you join I see you joining now on face book hi everybody please make sure to send a message in the chat also please like the video and share so that other people can find today's lesson we're going to start in just a moment announcement 1 we have free stuff our team put together a free 52 page workbook 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report speech report something someone said how do you do that how do you choose which tends to use first is this a past conversation so the conversation happened yesterday or one hour ago or last week if it's a past conversation use past tense to do it she said he told me and so on if it's something somewhat regularly says so something somewhat regularly says like your parents always tell you the same thing or it's a leader in your community they always say the same thing use present tense this is a very common question that I get like why does this article say the president says or why not said if it's a regular statement use present tense because think of it like a fact we use present tense for facts yeah general information so please use a present tense for regular statements finally if you are making a guess about the future like you are trying to think of something someone is going to say like you're making a prediction please use future tense he's gonna say or she's gonna tell him and so on so this is a quick guide line for tenses to review for today's lesson hey Leah my parents always say I should study more nice okay so with this in mind for today's lesson let's look at our first verb first verb is save save so what to say the verb say is used for a neutral report of speech so we're just sharing information it's like one person just gives information to another there's no like a positive or negative feeling here we use it to report speech it's simple speech reporting verb examples my manager said in past tense this verb becomes said the pronunciation is sent not Sayed said so the spelling is irregular as well maybe you can see a safe ID my manager sorry the manager said we did a great job so here is the person speaking the manager said this cup this was the comment the manager said we did a great job notice this verb is also in past tense we did a great job so this is a past comet past comment past situation the manager said we did a great job okay another example my friend says crazy things on Twitter my friend says crazy things on Twitter so again here's the person speaking my friend here's my verb says present tense because this is a regular situation so my friend writes in this case if I change the verb crazy things on Twitter so this is another is an example of a time when it's okay to use this verb says like you're reporting a speech even though it's written so you can use it in this way too okay uh I also want to spend some time today thinking about this next point it's may be hard to see ah it says mark statements in written dialogue sorry out of focus mark statements in written dialogue what does this mean so mark statement a statement a statement is a thing someone said and written so that means like in-text dialogue so dialogue refers to a conversation yeah so we use said to do this so when you read books you see said someone said so-and-so we do this with the verb say a couple of points I want to talk about with punctuation because I see your questions about this from time to time this mark here this is called a quotation mark a quotation mark put this mark before the beginning of this statement so I'll read the example sentence first this I know it's small on your screen and many of you are watching on your phones so I'll read it I have to go said Sarah I have to go said Sarah so what's happening here this is my verb my reporting verb said here's the person doing the talking here's the person speaking this set of marks this tells us what was said this tells us Sara's words at the end you'll notice this comma this little comma so we do this this is an American English pronunciation point and for those of you who are interested this comes from the Chicago Manual of style guidelines so I have to go comma said Sarah is how you would see this written in a book so you're showing dialogue in this way your comma here goes before the quotation mark so the comma comes inside the quotation mark so this is if the verb comes after the written dialogue portion sometimes it's clear and we don't have this sometimes it's just I have to go and we understand the speaker in that case put the period inside the quotation marks as well so same idea with this next example sentence we're late said Eric so again quotation mark this marks my dialogue I have this comma because I'm following it with said Eric so when you see this verb used in in books in like news articles and stuff you'll probably see it it with past tense said Eric's you probably won't see it in present tense because when you're reading books and news articles it's like a report situation yeah and as I said if it is at the end of a sentence please put your punctuation mark inside the quotation mark so that means if it's a question oh well getting a little more complicated but if you are using this at the end of a sentence like Eric said we're late put the period or the exclamation point before your quote Martin examples secure razor Sarah or Sarah both both are correct there are many there are different spellings of that name Alicia's lessons are the best set Andrew yeah good so but don't forget your quotation marks here also people asked like what's the deal like why is why does this not have quotation marks this is not a direct quote the manager said we did a great job this is not a direct quote this sentence the manager said quote you did a great job then that's a direct quote so this sentence here my original example sentence is like I heard information from the manager I'm reporting this to my team that's the reason that this is different the manager said you did a great job this shows exactly what the manager said so this is the difference between using these so this is a little bit extra detail I talked a bit about this in these say tell and speak video that's on the English class 101 you do Jeff okay I have to take a break so let's do that uh all right oh no I forgot one thing one one one one more small point one more small point casually when you're a reporting dialogue in speech in particular you may hear this you'll probably hear this a lot in um like TV shows and movies these three things at least are very very common in American English instead of saying he said or she said we use was like and was all and go or went we use these like rapid-fire very quickly when we're sharing conversations like we're sharing more than one person so for example if it's like me and control desk talking I might say like and then he said and then I was all and then she was also we connected and then and then I was all he was all she was all and then he went and then I go we use these a mix of these instead of said because using said said said said sounds kind of boring and this sounds a little bit more like casual and fun so if you hear these that's what it means these all mean sit they all means that so last point for this bit alrighty break quick break the same for told no we're going to talk about told in a 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tense told is used for a one-way conversation so if you imagine like one person is doing a lot of the talking so if you are giving a presentation or if you are giving a report to someone it's like one person does most of the talking one person speaks the most this is a situation in which we use tell the verb tell for example my teacher told me I failed no it's not a very positive example sentence but just like with said here before the verb we have the person speaking and then after the verb hmm so who is the person receiving the information so in this example sentence my teacher told me I failed my teacher told me I failed Oh No so here it's like I don't have to say anything I just received the information that's the feeling with the verb tell so it's like this is very useful for reports so you'll see this in the news it's like such-and-such politician told reporters bla bla something so tell is useful for these kind of one-way situations where the other person isn't expected to talk a lot maybe a little that's fine it's not like a rule but this is a situation where one person talks a lot or one side talks a lot another example tell me about your vacation tell me about your vacation so this one sounds like a command it is but it's like a friendly way to get someone to give you information tell again me the person receiving the information about topic so you can use this pattern yourself tell me about this thing tell me about your vacation tell me about your ideas tell me about your favorite donut recipe tell me about your favorite Star Wars movie oh god okay tell me something so you can use this as a friendly like request for information okay every cool every cool to tell okay let's go let's continue on I'm looking for your questions I'm looking for you irrelevant questions and comments uh my teacher told me I forgot to put a comma okay good my teacher told me that I failed yes good good good good no I will not send you my contact information okay let's get you up on to talk and speak talk and speak so talk and speak we use these in the same way when we are describing a conversation so that means like a discussion so two or more people we use talk and speak to do that what's the difference talk is casual speak is formal so when you're trying to decide which one to use consider this it's not incorrect to use speak for a casual situation like it's not a community it's not going to cause a communication problem it might sound a little bit unnatural so please keep this in mind also just a reminder we use speak to talk about like our language abilities I speak English I don't speak Chinese we do not use talk to do that oops I just messed up the word speak okay it's not just a race speak okay sorry everybody okay speak okay so the other point I want to mention here is we can use both of these verbs with to or with so I talked to my parents about the news is my first example sentence here again I'm using past tense I talked who is doing the talking I talked to my parents here is the other person or the other party the other side and the conversation about the news so in this example sentence I used to you can also use there's not a difference in meaning for some people I guess you can kind of think of it as a little more like something you do together if you use with if I said for example I talked with my parents about the news it sounds a little more like here doing something together but the meaning remains the same it's kind of the same deal another example I spoke to my boss about some ideas so in this example sentence I've used speak because it's a professional situation I spoke to my boss speak past tenses spoke please keep in mind this is an irregular verb you can use whip here as well I spoke with my boss about some ideas examples I spoke to my students about mandatory online classes nice autumn house that sounds good uh-uh ice yes ok I speak Portuguese French and English says Elton very nice good example there are many of today's lesson sorry I see there are many questions about other points if you have questions about things not related to today's lesson please send them to the ask Alicia link I mentioned at the beginning of the lesson ok I don't see any questions about this so I'll take one more very quick break and then we'll go to the last part some other expressions related to speech okey-dokey if you missed it I mentioned this earlier a couple times but there is a free beginner level course for everybody watching at home if you check the link check the link below the video on youtube if you are watching on youtube if you are watching on facebook please check the link above the video on the Facebook page or maybe above the chat if you're watching on PC version there is a link there if you go to the link you can get the free beginner level course that's I'm pointing at this banner here I click the link in the description so you can get this free beginner level course and there's a big 52 page ebook 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important information I need to give someone is very tired I'm sorry someone is like tired of waiting for me they might say spit it out which means hurry up and say it so this is a very direct can be kind of rude expression when you are tired of waiting for someone to say something so I don't I don't really use this I guess I probably would just say like hurry up like I want to hear this sounds a little bit actually kind of rather aggressive so please be careful but this is a very common expression other expression here very common a quite rude is the expression shut up shut up this is a command this is a rude I should I will mark this on the board rude that means bad manners rude means bad manners shut up means stop talking stop talking or stop making noise I'll put that there so when you want someone to stop talking and you are ok to be rude with that person you can say shut up sometimes friends like to use this to tease each other like if a friend is saying is telling an embarrassing story about you or they're criticizing you in a friendly way you can respond with shut up we're doing stop talking in a friendly manner so we generally don't use this in polite conversations but you can use this to mean stop talking stop talking alright questions examples good examples are coming in on YouTube spit it out man we don't have much time good ok con well Jesus shut up and let me tell them everything alright interesting situation that's funny Brenda says spit it out can change depending on the form in which you use it uh yes that is correct so this form of spit it out means hurry up and say that thing if however like you eat something that's bad for you or I don't I don't know if this this expression also means to physically like spit to spit means like to expel something to take like move something out of your mouth like if I eat something bad and I don't know I don't know what the situation is I need to get it out this this also has the literal meaning of removing something from your mouth yes that is correct depending on the form that you use ok onward ah Elton on YouTube yes good point shut up also means no way we can use this as an expression for shock so someone tells you like a really great news you might go shut up which means like no way I can't believe it I'm shocked I'm so surprised so yes there are different ways to use these expressions continue okay next one is out with it out with it this means spit it out as well out with it this out imagine this is like out of your mouth in terms of words in terms of words so out with it means like bring the words out of your mouth it means your point so again this is useful in a situation or someone is talking a lot but you they're not telling you the key information or they're like keeping it a secret or creating too much suspense or something like that you can use out with it just like say it like say the surprise say the secret whatever it is oh okay mmm okay I don't see other questions last one then the last expression here is two expressions actually a two-for-one it is a to be tongue-tied or to be speechless to be tongue-tied or to be speechless so tongue is I won't touch it because safety is this part that you know muscle inside your mouth tied means like to be in a not like a like a piece of rope so to be tongue-tied means you can't speak for you are speechless so that is used we use this expression when we can't talk like we're so shocked or we're so surprised or maybe scared or or we're nervous or there's something that keeps us we can't talk about something or were too confused to talk about something there are many reasons to be tongue-tied or to be speechless so in a sentence we might say something like I was so nervous like I got tongue-tied I couldn't give my presentation or I was tongue-tied I couldn't tell him what I wanted to so this means to be unable to speak so to be unable to speak a point this one tongue tied this sounds a little bit this is used usually when we feel like confused or nervous speechless can be used for a good reason though speechless can be like we're so happy we can't talk like something really good happened like I got a really nice surprise like my friends threw me a surprise birthday party I was speechless like I couldn't say anything cuz I was so happy so this is maybe something to keep in mind generally we use tongue-tied when we feel kind of nervous or there's like a problem speechless can be used in positive situations though do someone said shut up the lesson is easy to follow thank you that one sounds that's a little bit like that's not quite a natural use of shut up we use it generally for close friends when they give us really good exciting news so we would not use shut up just to talk about something we feel is positive that sounds very very unnatural so please be careful alright questions and comments relating to the lesson ah I don't see any okay um all right cool the 52 pages includes 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Published: Wed Apr 08 2020