Unit 1 AdvertisingGrammar and usage Direct speech and indirect speech:What are “direct speech and indirect speech
And when do we use them
We use direct speech to report what exactly has been said
If we write the speech down, the words will usually appear in quotation marks
Tom said, “I have previewed Grammar and usage
”↘ Tom 2
We often use indirect speech to report the meaning of what has been said without using the exact words
Tom said that he had previewed Grammar and usage
Comparing the examples, we can see the changes in “personal pronouns & tenses”
More examples:She said, “I’m used to ads
”She said that used to ads
she was The table below shows how we usually change the tenses when the reporting verb is in the past tense
Direct speechReported speechDirect speechRepo