Reported Speech B2 Lesson

Reported Speech B2 Lesson

We change tenses in reported speech.

• present simple to past simple

• present continuous to past continuous

• present perfect to past perfect

• past simple to past perfect

We change modal verbs

• can to could

• may to might

• must to had to

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present simple changes to

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present continuous changes to

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present perfect changes to

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past simple changes to

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will changes to

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can changes to

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May changes to

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Must changes to

We do NOT change

• could

• would

• should

• might

• ought to

• used to

We do NOT change

• must when it's negative (mustn't)

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Must when it expresses a deduction

• She must be coming.

• He said that she must be coming.

If the reporting verb is in present tense

• no changes are necessary

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Questions in Reported Speech

• We change the word order to a normal sentence word order

• we make the same tense changes as in reported speech

• we use the same question word

• we use a full stop

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"I work in education".

She said that she _____ in education

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"I'm having a late lunch."

He phone to say that he _____ having a late lunch.

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"I've never eaten an insect".

She told me she ____ never eaten an insect.

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"I got sick from Megan's cookie".

She said she ____ gotten sick from Megan's cookie.

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"I'll tell you as soon as I've finished the exam".

She said she ____ tell me as soon as she had finished the exam.