Reported Speech - Unit 15

In reported speech present simple changes to

Past perfect

• doesn't change

• changes

Which verbs do not change when they are reported at a later time?

• could

• should

• have

• ought to

What do we use when we report must?

Which statement is NOT true about reported speech?

• We should always use say and tell when reporting

• If the reporting verb is in the present we use the same tense as the original speaker

• Tell is always used without to

With say or tell we

• don't usually report the lines

• usually use that in spoken English

• usually omit that in spoken English

Might is reported to

Which verbs do we use to report orders and requests?

• tell

• warn

• ask

References to time and place are never changed.

• True

• False

When you report wh- questions you use

• if

• the same wh-word

• when