We use Indirect Speech (sometimes called Reported Speech) to repeat and report what someone has said earlier. This is in comparison with Direct Speech which is what the person actually says. “Live long and prosper,” said Spock. This is direct speech; these are the actual words spoken. Contrast this with […]
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Independent Clauses in English Grammar
An Independent Clause looks just like a short sentence and follows the usual English pattern for sentences: The door opened. We won! I love cats. But… while a sentence stands on its own, an independent clause sits inside another sentence. For example, those sentences above become independent clauses when we […]
Continue ReadingHe Said She Said Circle – TEFL Activity
He Said She Said Circle is a simple activity for students to practice their reported speech (also known as indirect speech). Ideally you should run this activity after a lesson where students have been working on reported speech. If not, you should quickly run over the rules and principles of […]
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In grammar person is used to show the relationship between the speaker and the listener or the writer and the reader. For example, if I talk about myself I use the pronoun I but if someone talks to me, they use the pronoun you. So depending on the person doing […]
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Grammatical Number is the term used to describe whether something is singular (just one) or plural (more than one). In English this applies to nouns, verbs and determiners and depending on the number the form of these may change. Nouns The usual way to change a noun from singular to […]
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