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Reported Speech: Complete Guide
Tense backshift
Present Simple -> Past Simple
Present Continuous -> Past Continuous
Present Perfect -> Past Perfect
Past Simple -> Past Perfect
Past Continuous -> Past Perfect Continuous
will -> would
can -> could
may -> might
must -> had to
Other changes
this -> that, these -> those, here -> there, now -> then, today -> that day, yesterday -> the day before, tomorrow -> the next day, ago -> before
Reported statements
said (that), told someone (that), explained (that)
Reported questions
Yes/No: asked if/whether + subject + verb (normal order)
Wh-: asked + wh-word + subject + verb (no inversion, no question mark)
Reported commands, requests, advice
told/ordered someone (not) to + base form
asked someone (not) to + base form
advised someone (not) to + base form
Ejemplo resuelto
"I am going to the cinema tomorrow," she said.
She said (that) she was going to the cinema the next day.
"Have you ever been to Japan?" he asked me.
He asked me if I had ever been to Japan.
"Do not touch that!" the teacher said.
The teacher told us not to touch that.
Ejercicios
1) Report these sentences:
a) "I have been waiting for an hour," she complained.
b) "Where did you go yesterday?" he asked me.
c) "Will you help me with this?" she asked.
d) "You must not use your phones in class," the teacher warned.
2) Report: "I might come to the party if I finish my homework," John said.
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