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    Rules of The Reported Speech

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    The document outlines the rules for changing direct speech to reported or indirect speech. It provides examples of how the tense or structure of a sentence changes when reported, such as simple present becoming simple past or directives becoming infinitives. Some modal verbs like "can" and "may" are also changed to "could" and "might" respectively in reported speech.

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    The document outlines the rules for changing direct speech to reported or indirect speech. It provides examples of how the tense or structure of a sentence changes when reported, such as simple present becoming simple past or directives becoming infinitives. Some modal verbs like "can" and "may" are also changed to "could" and "might" respectively in reported speech.

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    The document outlines the rules for changing direct speech to reported or indirect speech. It provides examples of how the tense or structure of a sentence changes when reported, such as simple present becoming simple past or directives becoming infinitives. Some modal verbs like "can" and "may" are also changed to "could" and "might" respectively in reported speech.

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    Rules of the reported speech:

    Direct Speech  Indirect Speech


    simple present  simple past
    He said, “I go to school every day.” He said (that) he went to school every day.
    simple past  past perfect
    He said, “I went to school every day.” He said (that) he had gone to school every
    day.
    present perfect  past perfect
    He said, “I have gone to school every He said (that) he had gone to school every
    day.” day.
    present progressive  past progressive
    He said, “I am going to school every He said (that) he was going to school every
    day.” day.
    past progressive  perfect progressive
    He said, “I was going to school every He said (that) he had been going to school
    day.” every day,
    future (will)  would + verb name
    He said, “I will go to school every He said (that) he would go to school every
    day.” day.
    future (going to)  present progressive
    He said, “I am going to school every He said (that) he is going to school every day.
    day.”
      past progressive
    He said (that) he was going to school every
    day
    Direct Speech  Indirect Speech
    auxiliary + verb name  simple past
    He said, “Do you go to school every He asked me if I went to school every day.*
    day?” He asked me where I went to school.
    He said, “Where do you go to
    school?”
    imperative  infinitive
    He said, “Go to school every day.” He said to go to school every day.

     
    Direct Speech  Indirect Speech
    can  could
    He said, “I can go to school every day.” He said (that) he could go to school every
    day.
    may  might
    He said, “I may go to school every day.” He said (that) he might go to school every
    day.
    might    
    He said, “I might go to school every
    day.”
    must  had to
    He said, “I must go to school every He said (that) he had to go to school every
    day.” day.
    have to    
    He said, “I have to go to school every
    day.”
    should  should
    He said, “I should go to school every He said (that) he should go to school every
    day.” day.
    ought to  ought to
    He said, “I ought to go to school every He said (that) he ought to go to school every
    day.” day.

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