Lesson 9. Reported Speech
jkmentorslibrary.weebly.com › uploads › 3/7/8Lesson 9. Reported Speech Reporting Statements –Tenses 2. Tenses If the sentence starts in the present, there is no backshift of tenses in reported speech. If the sentence starts in the past, there is often backshift of tenses in reported speech. Backshift You must change the tense if the introductory clause is in a past tense (e. g. He said).
Longman
www.pearsonlongman.com/adult/pdf/reported_speech_st.pdfReported Speech (Telling stories) Read THE MOST UNSUCESSFUL PET RESCUE Mrs Sarah Greenfield was worried because she hadn’t seen her pet cat, Percy, for nearly two days. She told her neighbour, Frank Armstrong about it. Frank said he knew where Percy was and took her to a tall tree in the street. He pointed up at a branch near the top of the ...
Longman
www.pearsonlongman.com › adult › pdfReported Speech (Telling stories) Read THE MOST UNSUCESSFUL PET RESCUE Mrs Sarah Greenfield was worried because she hadn’t seen her pet cat, Percy, for nearly two days. She told her neighbour, Frank Armstrong about it. Frank said he knew where Percy was and took her to a tall tree in the street. He pointed up at a branch near the top of the ...
REPORTED SPEECH - INGLÉS
inglescarmelitaslb.files.wordpress.com › 2011 › 05REPORTED SPEECH: OTHER POINTS A. MUST: after a past reporting verb, must does not usually change: He said, “It must be pretty late, I really must go”. He said that it must be pretty late and he really must go. had to is also possible in reported speech, but this is really the past of have to, not must. He said, “I have to go.
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www.sjsu.edu › ajeep › docsReported speech (also called indirect speech) relates what the person said, but does not use the exact words. You often need to change verbs and pronouns to keep the original meaning. (The students may notice that verb tenses change in reported speech. The general rule is that reported speech “backs up” one verb tense.