Last updated at 11:20 BST, Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Reported speech

Questions answered

Changing tenses 1
Yaroslav Budanov from Ukraine asks which tenses should be used after reporting verbs.
Changing tenses 2
Do you know when we don't change the tense in reported speech?
'Downing Street said...'
How can a building speak?
Future forms in reported speech
Chua-Liang Su from Malaysia hoped Roger Woodham would be able to answer this question
'must', 'need' and 'used to'
Anna Slavkova from Bulgaria asks how to use these words in reported speech
Questions, suggestions, advice
Roger Woodham advises you to read this explanation
Reported speech: an overview
Roger Woodham deals with the basic grammar of reported speech
Reporting verbs
Two learners ask about using verbs like 'think' and 'guess' instead of 'say'
'say' and 'tell'
Roger Woodham tells you when to say 'tell' and 'say'
'say' and 'tell' 2
When do we use 'He said to me...' and 'He told me...'? Can we say 'He said me...'?
suggest,recommend, insist, demand
Julie from Argentina asks if she can say 'The boss suggested we left early yesterday.'
'tell' or 'ask'?
Find out how to use these words to report what someone said...
Using 'wonder'
Trudi Faulkner-Petrova explains the use of the word 'wonder' in various contexts