How To Tell a Story About Past Events During an English Conversation - Practical Grammar Lesson

[encoxadaking]

Hi Robby! First of all I would like to tell you that your videos are very helpful :)

I have a question .. "I never said that i wanted to leave " ... I know it's grammatically correct .. But is it ok if in spoken english i say it like that " I never said that i (want) to leave " ?

thank you :)

[EnglishHarmony]

@encoxadaking Thanks for positive feedback! Yes, you can say "I never said I want to leave", it's not wrong - especially if the action hasn't taken place yet. For instance - your chat partner assumes you're going to leave shortly, and then you tell him - "Listen, I never said I want to leave!" Bottom line - the grammatically perfect construct is "I never said I wanted to leave"; in real life, though, you can deviate from it depending on circumstances.

[encoxadaking]

@EnglishHarmony I hope you won't mind if i ask you one more question ..These Interrogative sentences are really getting on my nerves ... He said to me " what's your name " -> He asked me what my name was

Does it make any sense if say " He asked me what my name is " or " He asked me .. What's your name" in spoken english ?

[EnglishHarmony]

@encoxadaking You can say it both ways, in the first instance it's called reported speech, but the second is direct speech when you quote exactly what the person said.

[encoxadaking]

@EnglishHarmony Thank you my friend .. I told my friends about your videos .. You're doing a great deed ..God bless you !! :)

[chek6181]

you are a greate teacher thanks ¡¡¡¡

[TheCamiloZuleta]

Thanks man, this video is quite intereresting and have taught me a lot of new stuff to help my poor conversational english getting better. Cheers from Medellín, Col.

[EnglishHarmony]

@TheCamiloZuleta No problems, I'm glad you find this video useful!

[TheCamiloZuleta]

@TheCamiloZuleta Interesting*