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Reported speech: Anna says she moved back to her parents' house two years ago. Pronouns and Time Expressions. When changing from direct speech ...

Ollie said he would move house soon. Ollie said he had always loved football. Upvote 1

Reported Speech - Backshift Rule help Can somebody help with the answers to the quiz and actually explain this. I've flown through the grammar so far but this has me stumped, I've managed to get half the answers after multiple attempts after this has been poorly explained in …

Sending it over ... Ollie: Hey, sis, I heard that Brad Pitt started out as a giant chicken too! This could be your big break! Daisy: Ha, ha, very funny. Sophie: Take no notice, darling. I’m sure you’ll be a marvellous chicken. We use reported speech when …

21.06.2019 · Reported speech, "Ollie is going abroad on vacation." Answers: 1. Show answers. Answers. Answer from: Quest. the answer is: he is voicing feelings shared by all humans regardless of race. in paul laurence dunbar's poem "we wear the mask," he replicates the words mask and we to emphasize how people in general -not just black americans- hide ...

So, direct speech is what someone actually says? Like 'I want to know about reported speech'?. Yes, and you report it with a reporting verb.

We normally “shift back” one tense. Direct speech: “I'm not playing football.” Reported later: “He said that he wasn't playing football.

Review the following time tense changes and examples: 1. simple present ⇒ simple past 1.1. He said, “It is so cold!” ⇒ He said (that) it was so cold! 2. simple past ⇒ past perfect 2.1. He said, “I ate some pizza.” ⇒ He said (that) he had eaten …

Now let's see how does it works. We use reporting verbs like 'say' and 'tell'. If the verb is in present tense then it would be ...

This lesson should be reviewed after part 1 (read part 1 here), where we talked about important rules for time tense changes in indirect speech.

' Reported: 'John said that he always did his homework.' does becomes did. Direct John: 'My mother does the cleaning.

These modal verbs do not change in reported speech: might, could, would, should, ought to: We explained, "It could be difficult to find our house." = We ...

Peter: Don't worry. I'm not surprised you're tired. I'm tired too. I'll tell you what, let's see if we can find a place to sit down, and then we can stop and have our picnic. Reported speech (summary): When Mary complained that she was tired out after walking so …

English learners often make mistakes when reporting on what someone else said. Here are a few simple rules that will help prevent these ...