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00:00come

00:02can

00:07ciao

00:08and welcome to today's grammar game show

00:10I'm your host will and if it ain't broke don't fix it

00:14you know I can't stand bad grammar!

00:18and of course let's not forget Leslie our all-knowing voice in the sky

00:20hello everyone

00:22tonight we're going to ask you three questions about

00:26I think we're going to ask you three questions about...

00:28Reported speech!

00:30That he said, she said grammar

00:33that's useful for gossip, rumour, hearsay and conjecture.

00:39Ok, now let's meet our contestants.

00:43Hello all, my name is Bill.

00:47And contestant number two.

00:50Hello schnookums, I'm Nana Will.

00:54Nana Will? What are you doing here?

00:58Well, I haven't seen you since...

01:01But that was such a long time...

01:03I came to see how you're getting on, Puppet.

01:06Your mum tells me you're doing so well.

01:10Are you wearing clean underwear?

01:12Nana? Not cool!

01:15Wheeliekins, answer your Nana right now.

01:19Yes, Nana. Clean-ish underwear, Nana.

01:23Very good. Aren't you going to introduce me to your little friend?

01:29Nana Will, this is Bill. Bill, this is Nana Will.

01:35Leslie, Nana Will, Nana Will, Leslie.

01:39Hello, Nana Will.

01:40Hello, Nana Will.

01:42Can I get on now?

01:44Yes, of course, dear. I'm stopping you.

01:48OK, let's get going and don't forget, you can play along at home too.

01:53Our first round is a straight-up questions round.

01:57What are the three most commonly used verbs in reported speech grammar?

02:02Say, tell and ask.

02:10Correct.

02:11Tell me one verb pattern for say, tell and ask.

02:16Say something to someone.

02:19Tell someone something.

02:22Ask someone if or whether or question word.

02:30Correct.

02:31Final question in this round.

02:33Give me an example of say and tell.

02:37No, I'll take this one if you don't mind, dearie.

02:43I remember when you were just a little sprite and we went to the zoo and we saw an ostrich for the first time.

02:52And do you know what he said?

02:54He said it was a big chicken.

02:57He told me it was a big chicken.

03:00Nana? Really?

03:03Just answering the question, pumpkin.

03:07Leslie?

03:09Well done.

03:11Reported speech is used to inform the listener what was said by someone on a different occasion.

03:19The three most common reported speech verbs are say, tell and ask.

03:26Say is commonly used without a personal pronoun.

03:31Will said it was a big chicken.

03:34While tell must be followed by one.

03:38Will told Nana Will it was a big chicken.

03:43Finally, ask is used in reported questions.

03:48Ask can be followed by a pronoun and then if or whether for a yes no question.

03:54Or a question word for a question word question.

03:59Good work Bill.

04:00Have 15 points for you.

04:03And 20 points for Nana Will.

04:11On to round two.

04:13Answer this.

04:14What usually happens to the tense of a sentence when it changes from direct speech to reported speech?

04:25It usually gets rolled back one tense.

04:30Correct.

04:31Well done.

04:33Let's have a practice, shall we?

04:35I'll tell you the sentence and you give me the reported speech version.

04:40Ready?

04:41I love my Nana.

04:44Oh.

04:45He said he loved his Nana.

04:48Correct.

04:50Who's been playing with my question cards?

04:53It's a mystery dear.

04:55Keep reading.

04:56I wanted to be an elephant when I was a child.

05:00He told me he had wanted to be an elephant when he was a child.

05:05Correct.

05:06I will always listen to Nana Will.

05:10He said he would always listen to Nana Will.

05:14Correct.

05:15Well answer this one then.

05:18One of those sentences does not need to have its tense changed in reported speech.

05:24Which one is it and why?

05:27It's the first one.

05:29He said he loves his Nana.

05:31This is because the situation hasn't changed from when it was said.

05:36It is still true.

05:38Correct.

05:39Now don't test me young man or I'll give you a smack on the botty bot bot.

05:44That's absolutely right.

05:45When changing speech from direct to reported, remember that the tense of the direct speech

06:00should be rolled back one step towards the past.

06:04For example, present becomes past and past becomes past perfect.

06:09However, there are one or two exceptions.

06:13Firstly, some tenses and verb types don't change.

06:17Such as the past perfect and verbs like would and could.

06:22Secondly, if something which was said is still true at the time of reporting,

06:27no tense change is necessary.

06:30This is also true if the reporting verb say or tell is in the present tense.

06:37Well done, you get eleven point two...

06:39Oh, Will!

06:40Before I forget, I brought you some milk.

06:42Oh, then Nana Will, you're not supposed to come up...

06:44Drink up, dear Nana knows best.

06:49Well done.

06:52Well, let's move on to our final round.

06:58Along with these tense changes...

07:00Oh!

07:01She's gone to sleep!

07:03Okay, everyone, let's...

07:06Alright.

07:07Along with these tense changes, certain subjective words must also change when converted to reported

07:14speech.

07:15Have a look at these sentences and tell me which words need to change.

07:20He said, I'm here now.

07:23Shhh!

07:24Yes, Bill?

07:25He said, he was there then.

07:29Correct.

07:30Correct.

07:31I said, I got this last Tuesday.

07:35Yes, Bill?

07:36You said, you had got that the Tuesday before.

07:47Correct.

07:48They said, we'll be there next year.

07:50Yes, Bill?

07:51They said, they would be there the year after.

08:05Correct.

08:06Leslie?

08:07Great stuff.

08:08Ugh!

08:09In speech, certain words such as pronouns, place and time words will be relative to that

08:17context.

08:18Later, when these words are transferred into reported speech, they may need to change.

08:24So be careful!

08:27And that brings us to the end of today's Grammar Game Show.

08:30Let's count out the points.

08:32And the winner is...

08:34Bill!

08:35Yay!

08:36Woo!

08:37Well done!

08:38Here's what you won.

08:40Young man, blood is thicker than water.

08:44I've combed your hair.

08:46I've taken you to school.

08:48I've even changed your nappy.

08:51So don't tell me I lost.

08:53Nana!

08:54You're awake!

08:55Yay!

08:56How wonderful.

08:58And the winner is Nana.

09:00Well done.

09:01Here's what she's won.

09:03It's a nice cup of tea!

09:07We'll see you again next week where you can play for another prize.

09:12And Bill...

09:14Sorry, old pal, I can't play anymore.

09:17Nana's orders.

09:20Whoops!

09:21I must have pushed the wrong button.

09:23Unleash the ravages of time.

09:26Bill?

09:27Did you just...

09:28To your Nana?

09:30Oh, don't worry.

09:32She's tough as old boots, that one.

09:34She'll be fine.

09:35It's the animals that I feel sorry for.

09:38It looks like we'll need another contestant.

09:41Thanks for joining us.

09:42Say goodbye, Leslie!

09:44Nagati, Leslie!

09:45Oh!

09:46See you next time!

10:05And now he's looking for feedback.

10:07I'm not going to forget.

10:08I'll go back and see you again next week.

10:10I'm going to find the first time, where he's always looking for.

10:13It's going to be a little bit too, but we're coming back.

10:15Can I see now?

10:16I'm going to make sure you are...

10:17I would wear them and see you next time.

10:19And I'm going to go back and see you next week.

10:21I'm going to focus on them again.

10:22All right.

10:23And I'm going to do that.

10:24I'm going to go back and see you.

10:26I'm going to go back and see you next week.

10:28Lory!

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