Grammar: Learn to use REPORTED SPEECH in English

Reported speech and indirect speech mean the same thing: They allow you to express what someone has said. This sentence, “He said he was studying English“, is an example of reported speech. But how do you conjugate the verbs? Is it “he said he was studying“ or “he said he studied“? Both are correct depending on the situation. Learn how to say it correctly every time with Ronnie’s quick and easy chart. Your friends said they watched this lesson. So what are you waiting for? TRANSCRIPT Hi. My name’s Ronnie. I’m going to teach you some very, very simple reported speech things. If you don’t know what reported speech is, welcome to the confusing word... World of confusing reported speech and words. Reported speech, maybe when you study it in your class, the teacher or whoever, will call it indirect speech. It’s the same. So, indirect speech or reported speech is exactly the same. Yay. Why or how do we use reported speech? Good questio