‘I ‘ll be in Paris at Christmas.’ → She tells me she’ ll be in Paris at Christmas.‘Careful! You’ ll fall through the ice!’ → I warned him he would fall through the ice.Will usually changes to would, can to could, may to might. However, if the situation we are reporting still exists or is still in the future and the verb in the reporting clause is in a present tense, we prefer will, can, and may in the reported clause. ‘We might drop in if we have time.’ →They said they might drop in if they have time.ģ.‘I could meet you at the airport.’ → He said that he could meet us at the airport.The verbs could, would, should, might, ought to, and used to don’t change in the report: ‘You’re not allowed to smoke here’ → she told me that I mustn’t smoke there.Ģ.We sometimes use a modal verb in a report when there is no modal verb in the original: Would, should (offers, suggestions, etc.)ġ. Will or would, can or could, may or might (existing or future situations and past tense verb in reporting clause) Will, can, may (existing or future situations and present tense verb in reporting clause) modal verb in originalĬould, would, should, might, ought to, used to The changes are summarised in below table. When there is a modal verb in the original statement, suggestion, etc., this sometimes changes when we report what was said. Modal Verbs In Reported Speech Exercises – Modals Exercises PDF
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