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Extra practice and summary: Reported speech
Ejercicios
EVAU practice:
1. Rephrase: "I didn't break the window," he said. -> He denied...
2. Report a conversation (6 lines) between two friends.
3. Backshift exceptions: when DON'T we change tenses? (still true, just said, past perfect stays).
4. Report commands and requests: "Please sit down" -> She asked me to sit down. / "Don't run" -> He told us not to run.
5. Complex reported speech: "If I had more time, I would travel," she said. -> She said that if she had more time, she would travel. (No change in 2nd conditional)
Resumen del tema
Key concepts - Reported speech:
- Tense backshift: present->past, past->past perfect, will->would, can->could.
- Time/place changes: today->that day, tomorrow->the following day, here->there, this->that.
- Questions: wh- + subject + verb (no inversion). Yes/no: if/whether + subject + verb.
- Commands: told + object + (not) to + base verb.
- Reporting verbs: say, tell, ask, advise, suggest, warn, deny, admit, promise, refuse.
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