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|  |  Reported speech If someone tells you something and you want to tell another person, can use 'direct speech' or 'reported speech'. Find out the differences in this programme. Our challenger is Dong Jun from South Korea who plays the role of a spy who has to pass on important information about a conversation to his boss.  Listen to the programme!  In reported speech, we usually put the verb in the reported clause back one tense:
In direct speech we use inverted commas to show the exact words the person said. "I'm from Spain." In reported speech, we don't use inverted commas.  Download Nuala's grammar explanation and table (pdf - 24 K) Download this programme (mp3 - 1.8 MB) [an error occurred while processing this directive]  Now it's your turn to practise reported speech . Go to our quiz page on this subject here. 
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