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Reported Speech | Direct and Indirect Speech in English

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  Reported Speech | Direct and Indirect Speech in English How to tell someone's statement in indirect (reported) speech in English? In daily life, we often get information, news, or a statement from someone which we need to tell or report again to another person. And to do this, we use direct or indirect speech in English. One notable thing that we need to know when reporting a person's statement especially in indirect speech is that the tense and the time expression do not always change / shift back in time from direct speech to indirect speech.  The tense and the time expression in indirect speech can shift back or stay the same depending on: When you report the statement after it was said to you. The reporting verb forms. The context of the statement (speech). The subject of this English lesson focuses especially on how to tell someone's statement (speech) using indirect (reported) speech with the stipulations or rules mentioned above: A. When we report or tell someone&#
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When to say thank you?

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  When to say thank you? The uses of thank you or thanks In everyday life, we often thank someone for something. Generally speaking, we use thank you or thanks in many different situations. It's necessary and polite to thank someone for something they have given or done for us. This English lesson provides you with situations where you need to thank someone, expressions as a response to thanks and also expressions that you can use to reply to an apology. Here are some common situations where we necessarily thank someone: 1. We use thank you or thanks when someone asks you about your general health as a greeting or small talk: A: How are you?  B: I'm good, t hank you . A: How's your mother? B: She's good, thanks . A: How are you doing? B: I'm doing well, thank you . A: How are you? B: I'm all right. Thanks for asking. 2. We use it when someone asks you about how well something is going for you or a state of something you experience: A: Hi, Michelle. How's
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Offering food and drinks

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  Offering food and drinks | Part 2 How to Offer someone two different types of drinks and foods? We offer someone two different types of drinks or food, especially when we need to make sure that they can have the one they'd prefer.  Here are common expressions used to offer someone  two, or three different types of food or drinks: Would you like .......... or ...........? Would you prefer ............ or ..........? Would you prefer to have .........or ........? Would you rather have ............ or .........? Do you want .............. or ..............?   (More informal) Want ....... or ........?    (More informal) Have ....... or .........?  (More informal) Food 1 or food 2?       (More informal) Drink 1 or drink 2?    (More informal) Note Both formal and informal (casual) offers can be used to offer food or drinks to someone that is very close to you, but do not use the informal ones to offer food or drinks to somebody that you don't know well or someone who is older than
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How was your weekend?

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How was your weekend? What did you do last weekend? Did you do anything this weekend? Did you get up to much over the weekend? Do you know how to respond to these questions correctly in English? One of the most common questions that people usually ask their friends on Monday, after the weekend has just gone past is about what they did last weekend .  In this English lesson, you will learn some common questions and various responses that you can use to have a chat with your friends, peers, or colleagues about this subject in English. It's very necessary and helpful to have a range of questions and responses in order to choose any of them as you prefer and avoid using the same one over and over. As it's all about past events, make sure that you already understand sentences in all forms in the past simple. And if you need to be able to talk about this subject in English more convincingly and confidently, this is for you. Let's dive right in. There are 4 different types of com
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