Reported Speech

Report statements, questions, requests and commands using appropriate reporting verbs and changes to tense, pronouns and time expressions.

6 resources

Lesson
B2 level

What Did Everyone Suggest? Reporting Verb Practice

Turn a short conversation into accurate notes using verb-specific patterns.

Oct 30, 2026 10 min read
Guide
B2 level

Reporting Verbs: Suggest Doing, Advise Someone To and More

Choose a reporting verb that preserves the speaker’s intention and use its correct complement pattern.

Oct 28, 2026 10 min read
Grammar lesson
B2 level

Reporting verbs: Suggest, offer, warn and advise

Report messages more precisely with verbs such as suggest, offer, warn and advise. Practise their different patterns with -ing forms, to-infinitives, objects and clauses.

Sep 17, 2026
Grammar lesson
B1 level

B1 review: Modals, relative clauses and reported speech

Use modals, relative clauses, verb patterns, passives and reported speech together in context. Check that your choices preserve the speaker's meaning and connect ideas clearly.

Sep 17, 2026
Grammar lesson
B1 level

Reported questions and requests: Ask and tell

Report questions with if, whether and question words using statement word order. Practise ask or tell + person + to-infinitive for requests and instructions.

Sep 17, 2026
Grammar lesson
B1 level

Reported statements: Say, tell and tense changes

Report what someone said using say and tell. Practise changes to verb forms, pronouns and time expressions, and recognise when a statement is still true and a tense change is optional.

Sep 17, 2026