you move the verbs one tense back when reporting verb is in the past: I'm tired. She said she was tired, I didn't eat dinner. She told me she hadn't eaten dinner, don't change the verb form if your reporting verb is in present tense: I'm tired. She says she is tired, I didn't eat dinner. She has told me she didn't eat dinner, you don't change verbs in Past Perfect or modal verbs would, should, could, might, must: I had seen this film before. She said that she had seen this film before, I could swim . She said that she could swim, I might visit you. She said that she might visit me, you change the word order in questions and don't use do, does or did: Do you like dogs? She asked me if I liked dogs, Did you see this film? She asked me whether I had seen this film, Where have you been? She asked me where I had been, you use the to + infinitive to report orders, suggestions, requests and promises: Go home! She ordered me to go home, Don't touch this! She told me not to touch this,

unit 5 reported speech

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