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B1 Grammar Reported Speech

Grammaires

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Comparatives

Use:
Use reported speech to talk about what another
person said in the past.

Eve:                       ‘I went to the party on Friday


night’.
James:                  ‘Eve said that she had gone to the
party on Friday night’.
               
Form:
1) When reporting speech, the verb in the sentence
may shift to a past tense.

changes
am / is / are was / were
to
She said that she was
“I am fine.”   
fine.
changes
present simple past simple
to
“I like it.”   He said he liked it.
present changes
past continuous
continuous to
He said that she was
“She’s sleeping.”  
sleeping.
changes
will would
to
You said that you’d be
“I’ll be there.”   
there.
changes
can could
to
“I can come to the You said that you could
 
meeting.”  come to the meeting.
changes
past simple past perfect
to
“I did the Tom said that he had
 
shopping.” done the shopping.
changes
present perfect past perfect
to
“I’ve read that I told him that I’d read the
 
book.” book.
changes
past continuous past perfect continuous
to
“She was walking He said that she had
 
home alone.”  been walking home alone.
present perfect changes
past perfect continuous
continuous to
“I’ve been I told him that I’d been
 
working,”  working.
2) To report speech, use He / She / I said (that) ...
 You can also use He / She told me (that)...; I told
him / her (that)...
 
3) Don’t use quotation marks (“) when reporting
speech.

4) References to times in the past also may need to


change when using reported speech, if that time is no
longer the same.

this morning / week / month → that morning / week / month


yesterday → the previous day
last week / month → the previous week / month
ago → earlier / previously
tomorrow → the following day
next week / month → the following week / month

! B1 Grammar topics

Alternative comparison 

Both, either, neither 

Conditional, 2nd 

Conditional, 3rd 

Connecting words 

Embedded questions 

Future Continuous 

So, such, too, enough 

May, might + adverbs of probability 

Modals for Recommendations 

Modals for Past Deduction  

Modals for Present Deduction 

Prepositions of place 

Prepositions of time 

Present Perfect Continuous 

Present Perfect vs Past Simple 

Passives  

Past Perfect  

Reported Speech 2/5

Question Tags 

Should have 

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