Reported Speech and Modal Verbs

This video tutorial covers the concept of reported speech in English grammar. It explains how to convert direct speech into reported speech, focusing on changes in verb tenses and modal verbs. The tutorial also addresses how to report questions and the use of various reporting verbs with different grammatical structures. The content is designed to help learners prepare for the FCE exam by understanding the rules and applications of reported speech.

What is the main topic of the video?

• Reported speech

• Direct speech

• Modal verbs

• Tense changes

Which of the following is an example of direct speech?

• He said he worked in a bank.

• She said she lived in France.

• I work in a school.

• He told me he had been to the cinema.

In reported speech, what happens to the tense if the reporting verb is in the past?

• The tense remains the same.

• The tense changes to future.

• The tense changes to present.

• The tense changes to past.

How does 'will' change in reported speech?

• Should

• Shall

• Would

• Will

What is the reported speech form of 'I live in France'?

• She said she lived in France.

• She said she lives in France.

• She said she had lived in France.

• She said she will live in France.

What is the reported speech form of 'I am watching TV'?

• He said he had watched TV.

• He said he watched TV.

• He said he was watching TV.

• He said he is watching TV.

What is the reported speech form of 'I have seen the film already'?

• She said she had seen the film already.

• She said she will see the film already.

• She said she has seen the film already.

• She said she saw the film already.

What is the reported speech form of 'I went to the cinema'?

• He told me he will go to the cinema.

• He told me he went to the cinema.

• He told me he had been to the cinema.

• He told me he goes to the cinema.

What is the reported speech form of 'I'll phone you soon'?

• She promised she will phone me soon.

• She promised she phones me soon.

• She promised she phoned me soon.

• She promised she would phone me soon.

Which modal verb does not change in reported speech?

• Can

• May

• Must

• Could