English Tip · 06 — Reported Speech — What She Said
Reported speech shifts the tense back and changes pronouns and time expressions. The rule: step back one tense from what was said.
Advanced grammar lessons from the LIFE series — CEFR levels A1-C1. Concession clauses, inversion, discourse markers, and more.
Reported speech shifts the tense back and changes pronouns and time expressions. The rule: step back one tense from what was said.
Three prepositions handle almost all time expressions. At = precise times and fixed points. On = days and dates. In = longer periods: months, years, seasons, times of day (except night).
Modals change the strength of what you’re saying. Must = 100% obligation or certainty. Should = recommendation or expectation. Can = ability or possibility.
Use the present perfect when the past connects to now: the result matters, the time is unfinished, or the experience happened ‘sometime before now.’
Proposals, negotiations, forecasts, and risk assessments all use them.
A short A2 lesson for children on using can and can’t to talk about abilities, with the basic form, simple example sentences and questions with short answers to practise.
An A2 lesson for children on the question words who, what, where, when and why: what each one asks about, with example questions to read and practise.
Look around you. Write 3 sentences: "My [friend] is ___ing."
An A2 lesson for children on the present simple for habits and daily routines, showing when to add -s for he, she and it, with everyday example sentences.
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