Reported speech or Indirect Speech

Reported speech/ Indirect Speech

Indirect Speech (also referred to as 'reported speech') refers to a sentence reporting what someone has said. It is almost always used in spoken English.

• If the reporting verb (i.e. said) is in the past, the reported clause will be in a past form. This form is usually one step back into the past from the original.

For example:

• He said the test was difficult.
• She said she watched TV every day.
• Jack said he came to school every day.

preference

PREFERENCE……(choose this better than)

Every time we will choose for something. we can choose this one, or that one...there is a method to compare one thing with another, but we must understand about the structure that use to choosing something. so let's check it out because this is a basic material from english lesson, at least knowing something makes better english.

1. Prefer .............. To ..................
Prefer is followed by Noun and Gerund (Verb1 + ing)

Preposition

Prepositions: In, On, and At (with specific times and places)

The prepositions in, on, and at can be used to indicate time and place. Notice how they are used in the following situations: Preposition Time Place In Year, Month, In 1999, In December Country, State, City In Japan, In Utah, InTaipei On Day, Date On Saturday, On May 1 Street On Main Street, On 1st Ave. At Time At 8:00, At 7:30 Address At 815 East Main Street

Pronoun

Pronouns are used in place of nouns. They enable speakers to refer to something or someone without having to repeat its name.

Example:

Mr. Jones lives in Kentucky. He frequently travels to Memphis to see his wife. She is a lawyer and only sees him on weekends.

The subject and object pronouns in English are as follows:

Subject I You He She It We They

Object Me You Him Her It Us Them

Use subject pronouns when the pronoun refers to the doer of the action or the main topic (subject) of the sentence.