Skip navigation

7. Indirect speech

In this chapter, you can read about the following topics:

  • The difference between direct and indirect speech
  • Punctuation in direct speech
  • Changes in indirect speech
  • Reporting questions
  • Reporting statements
  • Reporting imperatives
  • Reporting verb + THAT-clause
  • Reporting verb + THAT-clause with SHOULD + infinitive
  • Reporting verb + THAT-clause with the present subjunctive
  • Reporting verb + gerund
  • Reporting verb + TO-infinitive
  • Reporting verb + object + TO-infinitive
  • SAY, TELL and ASK
  • Impersonal reporting