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REPORTED SPEECH VS DIRECT SPEECH - Coggle Diagram
REPORTED SPEECH VS DIRECT SPEECH
Reported Speech: is used to summerize what someone says, communicate the message of what was actually said
Say something
Modal verbs that do not change
should
might
would
ought to
could
used to
Direct Speech: what a person actually says
direct- present tense changes to
reported-past simple tense
direct- present continious
changes to
reported- past continious
direct- past simple
changes to
reported- past perfect
direct- present perfect
changes to
reported- past perfect
direct- past perfect reported- past perfect
Modal verbs that change
can changes to could
may changes to might
will changes to would
must changes to had to
Tell somebody
Time and place
today- that day
tomorrow- the next/following day
next week- the following week
now- then
yesterday- the day before
here- there
this- thas