GGAT Kurs Języka Angielskiego Help is coming! Reported Speech in details

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The one-tense-further-back rule

There is a general rule which says that when we use a reporting verb in the past, as above, the verbs used in the original speech are usually moved one tense further back. Thus:

will / shall future = would
is going to future = was going to
can / may = could / might
present progressive = past progressive
present simple = past simple
present perfect = past perfect
past simple = past perfect

This happens because the time and place where we are reporting the action are different from where the original words were spoken. See what happens in the following examples and note the pitfalls: 

present and future patterns

The Prime Minister said: 'I shall co-operate fully with the enquiry.’
The PM told the press that he would co-operate fully with the enquiry.

(Take care to use would when reporting future shall / will. If we used should here, it would suggest obligation and that is not what is meant.)

’You don’t look very well. You should really stay in bed today.’
I told her she didn’t look very well and should really stay in bed.
I advised her to stay in bed.

(Note that there is no past form of the modal verb should, meaning obligation, so it cannot move one tense further back.)

’Are you going shopping this afternoon? Could you get me some toothpaste?’
I asked her if she was going shopping and could get me some toothpaste.
I asked her to get me some toothpaste if she was going shopping.

Similarly there is no past form of could for future requests, so it cannot move one tense further back either. The same applies to might for suggestions:

’We might go out for a drink later on, if you’re free.’
They suggested we might go out for a drink later, if we were free.

Compare this with the way in which can changes to could:

’I can’t read this small print without my glasses.’
He admitted that he couldn’t read the small print without his glasses.

You are going to experience something completely different from you heard before.

Reported Speech – Introduction

Lesson One ‘Direct and Indirect Questions’

Lesson Two ‘The-One-Tense-Further-Back Rule’

Lesson Three ‘Direct into Reported Speech’ Practice part 1

Lesson Four ‘Reported Speech’ Someone says something to you which is the opposite of what they said earlier.

Lesson Five ‘Reported Speech ‘ with to + infinitive

Lesson Six ‘Reported Speech’ with to = infinitive – answers

Lesson Seven ‘Modal Verbs’ in Reported Speech

Lesson Eight ‘Modal Verbs’ in Reported Speech – answers

Lesson Nine Reported Speech – ‘Introductory Verbs’

Lesson Ten Reported Speech ‘Introductory Verbs’ – answers

Lesson Eleven Reported Speech in Use part 1

Conditionals in Reported Speech – Helpful hints

Reported Speech full of fun – Introduction

Reported Speech full of fun – part 1

Reported Speech full of fun – part 1 – the answers

Reported Speech full of fun – part 2

Reported Speech full of fun – part 2 – the answers

Revision – FML 1 and you thought you’d had a bad day

Revision – FML 2 and you thought you’d had a bad day

Revision – FML 3 and you thought you’d had a bad day

Revision – FML 4 and you thought you’d had a bad day

Revision – FML 5 and you thought you’d had a bad day

Revision – FML 6 and you thought you’d had a bad day

Revision – FML 7 and you thought you’d had a bad day

Revision – FML 8 and you thought you’d had a bad day

Revision – FML 9 and you thought you’d had a bad day

Revision – FML 10 and you thought you’d had a bad day

Reported Speech of Dialogues – Introduction

Reported Speech of the dialogue – We could do it tomorrow

Reported Speech of the dialogue – She’s still in a coma

Reported Speech of the dialogue – I’ve got a pretty tight schedule

Reported Speech of the dialogue – Pros and cons of being the only child – A dialogue between you and them

Reported Speech of the dialogue – A coach is talking about the importance of regular exercise using Modal Verbs

Reported Speech of the dialogue – I’m on a diet to lose weight

Reported Speech of the dialogue – He’s head over heels in love with you

Reported Speech of the dialogue – Beyond control – Tom is out of business

Reported Speech of the dialogue – Emotions – I don’t know how to break it to you

Reported Speech of the dialogue – Grammar points – six ways of expressing the future

Reported Speech of the dialogue – A conversation between a doctor and a patient dealing with kidney disease

Reported Speech of the dialogue – Arriving in London – in a taxi

Reported Speech of the dialogue – Anger – No wonder you are livid

Reported Speech of the dialogue – There are plenty of fish in the sea

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