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Reported speech - Coggle Diagram
Reported speech
Use
When we report someone`s words.
Difference
Change in tenses
Present simple - Past simple
Present continuos - Past continuos
Present perfect - Past perfect
Past simple - Past perfect
Will - Would
Can - Could
May - Might
Must - Had to
Have to - Had to
It isn`t always necessary to change the tense if something is still true now
Change in pronouns
verbs
when we report what was said, the verb are further in the past than fist time they were said.
am, is - was
Reporting questions
yes/ no Questions :We must add the word " If "
Not a yes/ not Question: Don`t switch the subject and verb
Change in time expressions
Tomorrow - The next day
Next (week) - The following (week)
Yesterday - The day before = The previous day
Last (week) - The (week) before = The previous (week)