Report Speech with modal verbs

Reported speech is...

• when we focus in the action

• when we tell someone what another person said

• when the action start in the past

• when we don't know what happen

In reported speech we often change ...

• tense

• subject

• pronouns

• object

• place and time expressions

The SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE must change into...

Modal MAY must change for...

• can

• would

• must

• might

The auxiliary WILL must change for...

• would

• could

• might

• had to

Which of these sentences is the report speech "I visited New York last year".

• she said that he visited New York the previos year

• she said that he had visited New York the previous year.

• she said that he was visiting New York the previous year

Report: "Do the exercise"

• she asked me to do the exercise

• she told me to do the exercise

• she said to me that I had to do the exercise

"THIS" must change for...

• these

• those

• that

When we report yes/no questions, we usually use 'if' or 'whether'.

• True

• False

'My parents are fine'. Anna said.

• Anna said that her parents are fine.

• Anna said that his parents were fine.

• Anna said that her parents are fining.

• Anna said that her parents were fine.