English Grammar - Reported speech, Modal verbs, If-sentences

What is reported speech? What are direct and indirect speech?

This lesson will tell you the very basics of reported speech.

In this lesson I will show you the TABLE of TENSES, the chart which will help us memorize our strategy.

To make learning easier, we will do it with a fun story.

Here is the super easy visual that will help you memorise the grammar of reported speech.

We have the fun story and our 'one tense back strategy'. Let's put them together and see how to use reported speech in real life.

Do you know what happens to modal verbs in reported speech? In this lesson we will see how to use them in reported speech.

If you understand what happens when we use reported speech, you will not need to memorise anything. In this lesson I will explain why and how we change adverbs.

The last section was about how we change adverbs. Let's see if you understand how to change them. In this section we will practise together.

When we report a demand, command, order we have to use a different structure in reported speech. Let's see why and how.

Most of the time we use 'told', 'said' and 'asked' when we report. But there are so many other verbs we can use. In this lesson I will give you a few examples.

Students often have problems understanding the meaning of LET'S. In this lesson I will show you what it means and how to use it when reporting.

This is a fun episode that shows you what trouble and misunderstanding we can find ourselves in if we don't use names and descriptions.

This is a super quick systemizing lesson to teach you or remind you about the types of questions.

In this very visual lesson I will show you how to transfer the original wh-questions into reported speech.

In this lesson, in just a minute I will show you how to use 'yes or no' questions in reported speech.

Our strategy is the 'one tense back' strategy. BUT! you don't always need to use it. Let me show you when you can skip it.

In this lesson, you will learn the correct structures we have to use with SAY and TELL. It is something we have to memorise but with these graphics and example sentences it is so much easier to do.

This is a quick, 2 minute summary of the reported speech part of this course.

You can always come back and watch this episode to refresh your learning quickly and check back on the most important things you have to remember.

In this section we will practise reported speech together. I will tell you the correct answer and we check the grammar again together before we finish this part of the course.

This is a short video test, where I give you 3 tasks and 10 seconds each time to answer the questions. You can always click PAUSE if you need more time to answer.

This lesson is about if-sentences and the reason why they are called conditionals. I will show you some examples and how to use them. It will include an introduction to zero, first, second and third conditionals.

Here's a funny little story, all written with third conditionals. The story is in the past to help you memorize this structure and the use of the third if-conditional sentences.

Another lovely story that is written with second conditionals to help you memorize this structure and the use of it.

A short, fun story with first if-conditional sentences to help you memorize the structure and use of it.

When and how do we use zero conditionals? Our last story comes alive with sentences written in the zero if-conditional sentences to help you memorize the structure and use of it.

Here's a focus lesson when I will show you zero, first, second and third if-conditional sentences next to each other to show you the differences.

In this focus lesson I will repeat the structure and explain the similarities and differences, the relationships between the types of if-conditional structures.

You can never have enough examples and explanations, so let's look at some more together to help you remember if-conditionals for the rest of your life.

Did you know you can mix the conditional sentences? Here's why and how.

This lesson will show you that there is a difference between the meaning of IF and WHEN in the conditional sentences, even if we don't always use them this way in spoken English.

Using 'I wish...' and 'if only...' sometimes can feel difficult or complicated. But after you watch this lesson you will remember how to use them correctly.

This is a very visual explanation to show you that there are stative and action verbs in English. With great examples I will give you the differences between them.

Students feel confused about when to use 'in case', 'in case of', 'just in case' and  unless.

In this lesson I will give you examples of each and put them next to each other to show you the differences between them.

Let's see what these structures mean and how we can use them.

This is a quick, 3 minute summary of the conditionals and if-sentences part of this course.

You can always come back and watch this episode to refresh your learning quickly and check back on the most important things you have to remember.

In this section we will practise the conditional sentences together. I will tell you the correct answer and we will check the grammar  again together before we finish this part of the course.

This is a short video test, where I give you 2 tasks and 10 seconds each time to answer the questions. You can always click PAUSE if you need more time to answer.

This lesson is all about the use of modal verbs in general.

In this lesson, you can learn about modal verbs that express ability.

There are lots of graphic and very visual examples to show you when and how to use them.

This lesson is a fun  and quick one about the use of MAY and MIGHT.

When it comes to modal verbs, MUST is the one that students struggle the most with. It is one of the most interesting verbs in the English Language. Let's see why and how we use it.

This lesson is a very quick but very visual one about SHOULD and OUGHT TO.

There is an interesting use of modal verbs, which is the one when we use them to express certainty. Let me show you what I mean.
This lesson has lots and lots of images graphics and example sentences to explain this interesting use of modal verbs.

In this section we will practise modal verbs together. I will tell you the correct answer and we check the grammar together again before we finish this part of the course.

This is a short video test, where I give you a task and 10 seconds to answer. You can always click PAUSE if you need more time to answer.

This super quick lesson is a good bye for now and a conclusion of this course.

Here are hundreds of questions to check your understanding. Don't forget to check further tests, quizzes and exercises on our website. It's all free, go check it out if you feel the need to practise further.