English grammar in use

English lessons: rules, use, and practice The use of Gerund and Infinitive in English  A gerund is a noun made from a verb by adding “-ing.” Examples: I like watching TV She enjoyed dancing in the party. I’m interested in attending the conference. Infinitives are the “to” form of the verb. Examples: She decided to […]

English lessons: rules, use, and practice Reported speech in English: reporting commands     Reporting commands   Commands are statements of requests, suggestions, warnings, advices, offers, regrets, and orders. Reporting commands is very easy compared to questions and statements. You just drop “to” before the main verb if it is positive and “not to” if

English lessons: rules, use, and practice Reported speech in English: reporting questions Reporting questions In reported speech, we not only report statements but also questions. We have two kinds of questions: open and closed questions. Open question: What are you doing? Closed question: Are you in school right now? The open question is a question

English lessons: rules, use, and practice Reported speech in English: reporting statements  In English grammar, reported speech is how we represent the speech of other people or what we say or said. There are two kinds of reported speech: direct and indirect. The speech we report basically includes two clauses: the reporting clause and the