2015年2月19日 · How would you change this sentence into reported speech: "You mustn't do that again," she said to him. 1. She told him that he mustn't do that again. 2. She told him that he mustn't do it again. You would probably choose 1, according to what you've written in the previous post. Another example: She said to him, "Please help me with this."

2009年11月10日 · Is there ant rule in reported speech that should change woulf for the first person? If neccessary, it'd be better to quote from the book ; Should changes to would if it is used as a first person form of would. Mary : I should love to come. Rose : She said (that) she would love to come. Otherwise should remains unchanged. Ali and Aishe : You ...

2014年5月29日 · Similarly, if the sentence were "I will tell her ASAP", the reported sentence will be " ... that I would tell her ASAP". The modal auxiliary is still "will" in its "past tense form" would . Any other modal — should, could, might, etc. — would be inappropriate and wrong.

2007年3月4日 · I've got a question about "need" in reported speech. When can "need" be changed into "had to" and when into "needed"? "You need an operation," the doctor told me --> The doctor told me that I needed an operation. "I need to go to a toilet," he told me --> He told me that he had to go to a toilet. Thank you

2008年11月24日 · Hello, Here is a sentence: 'I wish he worked for me'. Which sentence is correct: A. She said she wished he worked for her. or B. She said she wished he had worked for her. Is the general rule 'one step back' applied to wish- sentences? Thank you.

2017年6月12日 · I was doing some reported speech exercises in class All was clear but i had problems with this sentence: Don't forget to visit our new stadium! Using reported speech: They told him not to forgot to visit their new stadium My teacher says that it is also possible to report it this way: They told him to not forgot to visit their new stadium

2013年5月5日 · Therefore, although the normal conversion from direct to indirect speech would require changing 'at the moment' into 'at that moment', the problem here is that it would change the meaning by making the time-frame more limited than in the original. For that reason, I believe Hotmale's original suggestion of 'at the time' is better.

2017年6月19日 · Hi teachers, The use of that in Reported Speech. a) Mary said that he had to find a better job. b) Mary told him/Arthur that he had to find a better job. I believe that in general, we use “that” as a conjunction when we are writing and omit it when we are speaking. That said, am I right in the...

2016年9月18日 · Hi everyone :) Consider the following sentence: "I shall phone you when I get home.", she said. In the indirect speech it becomes: She said that she would / should phone me when she gets home? Which verb to use ? Thznk you so much ;)

2017年2月28日 · I think your version of sentence 1 makes more sense, personally. It might be different in British English, but as an American English speaker I think "went/had gone" is a more logical transformation than "went/had been".