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Reported Speech: Simple Present and Simple Past

This document discusses how to report speech from direct to indirect speech. It explains that when reporting speech: 1) Present tenses become past tenses (simple present becomes simple past, present continuous becomes past continuous). 2) Time and place adverbs like here, now, today are changed to reflect the past tense (today becomes that day, here becomes there). 3) Modal verbs like will, may, can are changed to would, might, could to reflect reporting something that was said rather than happening now.

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Reported Speech: Simple Present and Simple Past

This document discusses how to report speech from direct to indirect speech. It explains that when reporting speech: 1) Present tenses become past tenses (simple present becomes simple past, present continuous becomes past continuous). 2) Time and place adverbs like here, now, today are changed to reflect the past tense (today becomes that day, here becomes there). 3) Modal verbs like will, may, can are changed to would, might, could to reflect reporting something that was said rather than happening now.

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REPORTED

SPEECH
Part 1
Simple Present and Simple past.
Let’s start with the basis
◦ Sometimes someone says a sentence, for example "I'm going to
◦ What is it?
the cinema tonight". Later, maybe we want to tell someone else
what the first person said.
Imagine that…

I like Ice cream


So… What do we need to
know?
Direct Speech Reported Speech
Simple Present Simple Past
Simple Past Simple past or Past Perfect

Verbs that might cause some trouble


Will Would
May Might
Can Could
Should Should
Must Must
Time expressions
Today That day
Yesterday The day before
This that
here there
Tomorrow The following day

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