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| Grammar: Reported speech |
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| We use the reported speech to say what someone has
already said, for example: Jane said that he
was tired. But when we change a speech to a reported speech we must do some changes in the verbs and pronouns. You find explanations about these changes in the table below:
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| Direct Speech | Reported speech |
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Simple Present Present Continuous Present Perfect Future (going to) Past Simple Past Continuous Past Perfect Past Perfect Continuous |
Simple Past Past Continuous Past Perfect Past (going to) Past Perfect Past Perfect Continuous No Change No Change |
Rules of using Modal Verbs
| Direct Speech | Reported Speech |
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will shall can must |
would should could have to |
Changes in the time
| Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
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Last Next Tomorrow Now Here |
The previous The following The following day Then There |
To see some examples click here