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reported speech - Coggle Diagram
reported speech
SIMPLE PRESENT--->SIMPLE PAST
PRESENT CONTINUOUS--->PAST CONTINUOUS
PRESENT PERFECT--->PAST PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS---> PAST PERFECT CONTINUOS
SIMPLE PAST--->PAST PERFECT
PAST CONTINUOUS---> PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT---> PAST PERFECT
BE GOING TO--->WAS/WERE GOING TO
WILL--->WOULD
IMPERATIVE--->INFINITIVE
CAN--->COULD
MAY--->MIGHT
WOULD,COULD,MIGHT,SHOULD,OUGHT TO,NEEDN'T,WISH,IT'S TIME,WOULD RATHER,HAD BETTER,USED TO--->DON'T CHANGE
with/without person addressed--->SAY
with person addressed--->TELL
REPORTED QUESTION the order of the sentence is the same of a negative or affermative sentence.
If there are not "why,how, where...." we must use IF or WHETHER.
We can also use ASK+NOUN+INFINITIVE
REPORTING VERBS:advise,agree,claim,offer,promise, refuse+INFINITIVE
accuse of, admit, apologise for, complain about,deny, suggest+GERUND
FIRST/SECOND PERSON--->THIRD PERSON
THIS(IN TIME EXPRESSIONS)--->THAT
THIS/THAT(AS ADJECTIVES)--->THE
THESE/THIS(AS PRONOUNS)--->THEM/IT
NOW--->THEN
TODAY--->THAT DAY
TONIGHT--->THAT NIGHT
YESTERDAY--->THE DAY BEFORE
THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY--->TWO DAYS BEFORE