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REPORTED SPEECH - Coggle Diagram
REPORTED SPEECH
Modals change
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• must => had to-Inf, was/were to-Inf
mustn’t => mustn’t, was/were not to-Inf,
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• needn’t => had to-Inf, didn’t have to-Inf, wouldn’t have to-Inf
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Types
Reported statements
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Verb forms changed
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Verb forms in time clauses remaining the same
Ex: “She came to my house while I was doing
laundry,” he said.
--> He said (that) she had come / came to his
house while he was doing laundry.
If the reported sentence is out of date, the verb form
changes.
If the reported sentence is up to date, the verb form
doesn’t change. (still true at the moment of speaking/
writing)
Certain words:
- This --> That
- These --> Those
- Here --> There
- come --> go
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Reported questions
Introduced with ASK, WONDER, INQUIRE, etc.
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