Reported Speech: General Overview

Reported Speech: General Overview

1. STATEMENTS

   • Verb tenses
     • Present cont./ Past cont.
     • Present simp./Past Simp.
     • Past simp./Past perfect simp.
     • Present perfect simp./Past perfect simp.
     • Present perfect cont./Past perfect cont.
     • Past cont./Past perfect cont.
     • Will/Would
     • Can/Could
     • May/Might
     • Must/Had to
     • Should/Should
   • Time expressions
     • Tonight/that night
     • Today/that day
     • Tomorrow/the following day
     • Next week/the following week
     • Yesterday/the previous day
     • Last week/the previous week
     • Ago/Before
     • Now/At that moment-Then
   • Place expressions
     • Here/There
   • Other expressions
     • This/That
     • These/Those

2. QUESTIONS

   • Yes/No
     • If/Whether + no auxiliary verbs
       • "Do I look good"? / she asked me if she looked good
   • WH-
     • No inversion of Subject and Verb
       • "What time is it"? / They asked me what time it was

3. OTHER REPORTING STRUCTURES

   • Verb+Object+Inf
     • Advise,Ask,Encourage,Invite,Remind,Warn
   • Verb+Inf
     • Agree,Decide,Offer,Promise,Refuse,Threaten,Claim
   • Verb+(that)sentence
     • Admit,Agree,Decide,Deny,Explain,Insist,Promise,Recommend,Suggest,Tell
   • Verb+Gerund
     • Deny,Recommend,Suggest,Regret,Advise
   • Verb+Object+Prep.+Gerund
     • Accuse,Blame,Congratule,Warn,Criticise
   • Verb+Prep.+Gerund
     • Apologize,Insist,object,confess