Can en reported speech?
Reporting speech with modals Will, can, and shall change to would, could, and should when reported. Will is used to make statements about the future in English. When reporting this kind of statement, will becomes would.
What is today in reported speech?
Equivalent in reported speech. today. that day. “I saw him today”, she said. She said that she had seen him that day.
Where are you going now reported speech?
Notice how the question mark is gone from the reported speech. The reported speech is a statement now….Reported speech- Handling questions:
| Direct speech | Reported speech |
|---|---|
| Where were you going? | He asked me where I was going. |
How do you convert reported speeches?
To convert direct speech to reported speech, we must change all the present tenses in the direct speech to the corresponding past tenses in the reported speech. Example: Fiona said, “You are late.” – Fiona said that I was late.
What shall I do about it in reported speech?
But, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, then usually we change the tenses in the reported speech: Direct speech: I like ice cream. Reported speech: She said (that) she liked ice cream….
| Tense | Direct Speech | Reported Speech |
|---|---|---|
| can | I can speak perfect English | She said (that) she could speak perfect English. |
What reported speech examples?
Reported speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person’s actual words: for example, ‘They said you didn’t like it’, ‘I asked her what her plans were’, and ‘ Citizens complained about the smoke’.
What is reported speech in grammar?
In English grammar, we use reported speech to say what another person has said. We can use their exact words with quotation marks, this is known as direct speech, or we can use indirect speech.
Does the tense of the reported speech have to be changed?
The tense doesn’t have to be changed in this case of reported speech. But of the reporting verb is in the past tense, we do change the tense of the sentence. This is a summary table that will be crystal clear to you as you read further.
How do you use a reporting verb in a sentence?
We use a reporting verb i.e ‘say’ or ‘tell’. In the present tense, just put in ‘he says’. Direct Speech: I like burgers. Reported Speech: He says (that) he likes burgers. You don’t need to change the tense, but you do need to switch the ‘person’ from ‘I’ to ‘he’.
How do you use direct speech and reported speech in English?
If this verb is in the present tense, it’s easy. We just put ‘she says’ and then the sentence: Direct speech: I like ice cream. Reported speech: She says (that) she likes ice cream. We don’t need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the ‘person’ from ‘I’ to ‘she’, for example.