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    The document discusses the changes needed to direct speech when reporting it as indirect or reported speech. It provides 16 examples of how the tense of the verb changes from direct to reported speech for various verb tenses including simple present, past, and future as well as continuous, perfect, modal verbs, and expressions of necessity.

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    The document discusses the changes needed to direct speech when reporting it as indirect or reported speech. It provides 16 examples of how the tense of the verb changes from direct to reported speech for various verb tenses including simple present, past, and future as well as continuous, perfect, modal verbs, and expressions of necessity.

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    The document discusses the changes needed to direct speech when reporting it as indirect or reported speech. It provides 16 examples of how the tense of the verb changes from direct to reported speech for various verb tenses including simple present, past, and future as well as continuous, perfect, modal verbs, and expressions of necessity.

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    REPORT SPEECH

    TENSE CHANGE DIRECT SPEECH REPORT SPEECH


    1. Present simple Past simple I eat cookies She said that, she ate
    cookies
    2. Present Past continuos I am eating cookies He said that, He was
    continuos eating cookies
    3. Past simple Past perfect I ate cookies She said that, she had
    eaten cookies
    4. Past continuos Past perfect We were eating They said that, they had
    continuos cookies been eating cookies
    5. Present perfect Past perfect She has eaten She said that, she had
    cookies eaten cookies
    6. Past perfect Past perfect He had eaten He said that, he had
    cookies eaten cookies
    7. Past perfect Past perfect He had been eating They said that, he had
    continuos continuos cookies been eating cookies
    8. Will Would I Will eat cookies He said that, he would
    eat cookies
    9. Would Would He would eat cookies He said that, he would
    eat cookies
    10. Can Could I can eat cookies She said that, she could
    eat cookies
    11. Could Could She could eat They said that, she
    cookies could eat cookies
    12. Should Should I should eat cookies He said that, he should
    eat cookies
    13. May Might I may eat cookies She said that, she migth
    eat cookies
    14. Might Might He might eat cookies He said that, he might
    eat cookies
    15. Must Must/Had to I muste at cookies She said that, she had
    toe at cookies
    16. Have to Had to I have to eat cookies He said that, he had to
    eat cookies

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