martes, 27 de mayo de 2014

Reported Speech



Direct speech
Present simple 
She said, "It's cold."
Present continuous 
She said, "I'm teaching English online."
Present perfect simple 
She said, "I've been on the web since 1999."
Present perfect continuous 
She said, "I've been teaching English for seven years."
Past simple 
She said, "I taught online yesterday."
Past continuous 
She said, "I was teaching earlier."

Indirect speech
Past simple 
She said it was cold.
Past continuous 
She said she was teaching English online.
Past perfect simple
She said she had been on the web since 1999.
Past perfect continuous 
She said she had been teaching English for seven years.
Past perfect 
She said she had taught online yesterday.
Past perfect continuous 
She said she had been teaching earlier.

Direct speech
will
She said, "I'll teach English online tomorrow."
can
She said, "I can teach English online."
must
She said, "I must have a computer to teach English online."
shall
She said, "What shall we learn today?"
may
She said, "May I open a new browser?"

Indirect speech
would
She said she would teach English online tomorrow.
could
She said she could teach English online.
had to 
She said she had to have a computer to teach English online.
should
She asked what we should learn today.
might
She asked if she might open a new browser.
Reporting Verbs
Accused of + gerund
Admitted to + gerund
Apologised for + gerund
Denied + gerund
Explained that/how + infinitive

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