reported speech

powerpoint presentation reported speech ruxshona tojiboyeva 1. common reporting verbs and structures 2. direct speech vs. reported speech 3. verb tenses and pronoun changes plan: tense changes in reported speech modal verbs also change; 'can' becomes 'could', 'will' becomes 'would', illustrating the 3 primary modal verb shifts reflecting the reported speech's indirect nature. present perfect tense ("i have seen") in direct speech usually transforms into past perfect ("he said he had seen") in reported speech, maintaining the temporal sequence of events. when reporting a simple past tense statement (e.g., "i went"), it shifts to the past perfect ("he said he had gone") – a crucial two-tense shift reflecting the earlier timeframe. reporting verbs and their usage modal verbs also transform. …

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