Writing with Tenses / Direct & Indirect Speech
LESSON 184 OF 261 · 8 MIN READ

Conversation Reporting

Track every change of speaker and listener. Report each turn, then join related turns into a paragraph. Repeated names can be useful when pronouns would be ambiguous.

Understand and use it

Track every change of speaker and listener. Report each turn, then join related turns into a paragraph. Repeated names can be useful when pronouns would be ambiguous.

Look closely

Mom: "Where are you going?" Evan: "I am going to school."

Mom asked Evan where he was going. Evan said he was going to school.

Apply this lesson in writing →

From this rule to your writing

TRY IT YOURSELF

A quick check

A wrong answer is a chance to learn. Use the hint and try again.