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Reported Speech - Coggle Diagram
Reported Speech
Time and pleace change
Yesterday-The day before
Today-That day
Tomorrow-The next/following day
Next week-The following week
Now-Then
Here-There
This-That
Modal verbs like:
should
might
would
ought to
could
used to
When we use reported speech, the time of the verb changes.
Present Simple-Past Simple
Present Continous-Past Continous
Past Simple-Past Perfect
Present Prefect-Past Perfect
Past Perfect-Past Perfect
These also change
Will-Would
Can-Could
May-Might
Must-Had to
Difference :
Say
Say something
Tell
Tell somebody
Questions:
We do not inverse the subject and the verb
We use if or whether
It is used in the 4th part f the FCE exam
Reading and use of English
is to report what someone else said
Is often used to summarise what someone says
It's used to communicatethe message of what was actually said in more concise manner.
never change