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http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast1.htm. Reported speech. As a rule when you report something someone has said you go back a tense. Modal verb forms also sometimes change. There is no change to could, would, should, might and ought to.

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  1. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast1.htmhttp://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast1.htm

  2. Reported speech As a rule when you report something someone has said you go back a tense. Modal verb forms also sometimes change. There is no change to could, would, should, might and ought to.

  3. There is no change to could, would, should, might and ought to.

  4. If the reported sentence contains an expression of time, you must change it to fit in with the time of reporting.

  5. In reported speech, the pronoun often changes. Said, told and asked are the most common verbs used in indirect speech. We use asked to report questions:- For example: I asked Lynne what time the lesson started. We use told with an object. For example: Lynne told me she felt tired. We usually use said without an object. For example: Lynne said she was going to teach online. If said is used with an object we must include to ; For example: Lynne saidto me that she'd never been to Chin http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/reported.htm

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