Questions in Reported Speech
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Direct questions Indirect questions
"Do you eat meat?" she asked him. She asked him if/whether he ate meat.
"What time is it?" she asked him. She asked him what time it was.
"Where is Joan?" he asked me. Do you know where Joan is?
"Did he tell you the truth?" she asked me. She wondered if/whether he had told me the truth.
"What shall I do next?" he asked me. He wanted to know what he should do next/what to do next.

Reported Commands/Requests/Suggestions

Direct Indirect
"Watch out," he said to me. He told me to watch out. (command)
"Please, don’t move," he said to me He asked me not to move. (request)
"Let’s play chess," he said. He suggested playing chess. (suggestion)
                                                   "You’d better see a doctor," he said. He suggested that I (should) see a doctor. (suggestion)

Modal Verbs in Reported Speech

Direct Speech Reported Speech
will/shall → would
can → could (present reference) →would be able to (future reference)
may → might/could
shall → should (asking for advice)  →would (asking for information) / offer (expressing offers)
must → must/had to (obligation) (“must” remains the same when it expresses possibility or deduction)
needn’t → didn’t need to / didn’t have to (present reference) → wouldn’t have to (future reference)

Special Introductory Verbs

Introductory verb Direct Speech Reported Speech
agree + to-inf "Yes, I’ll come with you." -> He agreed to come with me.
demand "Tell me everything!" -> He demanded to be told everything.
offer "Would you like me to carry it?" -> He offered to carry it.
promise I'll study more." -> He promised to study more.
refuse "No, i won't come with you." -> He refused to come with me.
threaten "Behave yourself or I'll punish you." -> He threatened to punish me if I didn't behave myself.
claim "I heard her say that." ->He claimed to have heard her say that.
advise + sb + to-inf "You should take a coat." ->He advised me to take a coat.
allow "You can use my phone." -> He allowed me to use his phone.
ask "Please, put it away." -> He asked me to put it away.
beg "Please, please help me." -> He begged me to help him.
command "Fire!" -> He commanded the soldiers to fire.
encourage "Go ahead, phone her." -> He encouraged me to phone her.
forbid "You mustn't eat sweets." -> He forbade me to eat sweets.
instruct "Insert your card and wait for the machine to open." ->He instructed me to insert my card and wait for the machine to open.
invite sb "Would you like to come to my house?" -> He invited me to go to his house.
order "Sit down immediately." -> He ordered me to sit down immediately.
permit "You may speak now." -> He permitted me to speak.
remind "Don’t forget to pay the bill." -> He reminded me to pay the bill.
urge "Finish your work." ->He urged me to finish my work.
warn "Don’t touch that switch." -> He warned me not to touch that switch.
want "I’d like you to go out." ->He wanted me to go out.
accuse sb of       + -ing form "You broke the vase." -> He accused me of breaking the vase.
apologise for "I'm sorry I upset you." ->He apologized for upsetting /having upset me.
admit (to) "Yes, I lied to her." ->He admitted (to) lying /having lied to her.
boast about "I am better than you." -> He boasted about being better than me.
complain to sb about "You never tidy up." -> He complained to me about my never tidying up.
deny "No, I didn’t steal the car." ->Hedenied stealing/having stolen the car.
insist on "You must wear warm clothes." -> He insisted on me/my wearing warm clothes.
suggest "Let’s go to the theatre." -> He suggested going to the theatre.
agree                +  that-clause "Yes, that is a beautiful hat." -> He agreed that it was a beautiful hat.
boast "I’m a brilliant dentist." -> He boasted that he was a brilliant dentist.
claim "I know the answer." ->Heclaimed that he knew the answer.
complain "You never listen to me." -> He complained that I never listened to him.
deny "I’ve never spoken to her." ->Hedenied that he had ever spoken to her.
exclaim "It’s wonderful!" -> He exclaimed that it was wonderful.
explain "It’s an easy recipe to follow." ->Heexplained that it was an easy recipe to follow.
inform sb "You will be called for an interview." -> He informed me that I would be called for an interview.
promise "I won’t lie to you again." -> He promised that he wouldn't lie to me again.
suggest "You ought to take the other road." ->He suggested that I take the other road.
explain to sb + how "This is how you make it." -> He explained to me how to make it.
wonder where/what why/how + clause (when the subject of the introductory verb is not the same as the subject in the reported question) He asked himself, "How can she reach the top?" He asked himself, "Where is Joan?" He asked himself, "Why is she crying?" He asked himself, "What is she doing?" -> Hewondered how she could reach the top. -> He wondered where Joan was. -> Hewondered why she was crying. -> He wondered what she was doing.
wonder + whether + to-inf or clause wonder where/what/ how + to-inf (when the subject of the infinitive is the same as the subject of the verb) He asked himself, "Shall I buy that car?" He asked himself, "Where am I going?" He asked himself, "What should I tell her?" He asked himself, "How can I fix it?" -> He wondered whether to buy that car. -> He wondered whether he should buy that car.  ->He wondered where he was going. -> He wondered what he should tell her. -> He wondered how to fix it.

 

 

Questions/short answers

Subject/Object Questions

 

subject   object

 

subject   object
Ian met Sally Sally met David

 

Who meet Sally? (not: Who did meet Sally?)     Who did Sally meet?

 

QUESTION WORDS

people animals things place time quantity manner reason
What Which (of) Who Whose (possession)   What Which (of)   Where How long How often What time When How many How much How Why

 

Type 1

Real

Present

 

Conditionals    
If + any present form        Future/Imperative (Present S., Present Cont. can/may/might/must/should or Present Perfect) + bare inf/Present Simple true or likely to happen in the present or future

If you play with matches, you will burn yourself.

If you have taken the books, you can start working on your essay.

If you see him, tell him to come immediately.

Type 2 unreal present If + Past Simple               would/could/might + bare or Past Continuous           infinitive untrue in the present; also used to give advice
    If I were you, I wouldn't feel sorry at all. (advice) If she was working more, she would be paid more. (but she isn't working much - untrue in the present)  
Type 3 unreal past If + Past Perfect or          would/could/might + have Past Perfect Continuous   + past participle imaginary situation contrary to facts in the past; also used to express regrets or criticism
   

If he had followed his parents' advice, he wouldn't have lost all his money.

 

 

 

 

Mixed Conditionals

Type 2

lf-clause Main clause  
If she was sleeping all day, (She was sleeping all day she will feel better now. so she feels better now.) Type 1
Type 2 If I were rich, (I'm not rich If you paid more attention, (You don't pay attention I would have bought a new car. so I didn't buy a new car.) you wouldn't have made such a mess. so you made a mess.) Type 3
Type 3 If I had been invited, (I wasn't invited I would go tonight. so I'm not going tonight.) Type 2

 

  Wishes Form Use
I wish (if only) (wish/regret about the present) + Past tense wish/regret about a present situation we want to be different

I  wish we were on holiday. (It's a pity we aren't.)

I wish (if only) (wish/regret about the present) + could + bare infinitive wish/regret in the present concerning lack of ability

I wish I could speak French. (but I can't)

I wish (if only) (regret about the past) + Past Perfect regret that something happened or didn't happen in the past

I wish you had listened to me. (but you didn't)

I wish (if only)                         + subject + would + bare inf       wish for a future change (Impossible wish for               (a. "wish" and "would" should have unlikely to happen or wish to a future change)                      a different subject. We never say:    express dissatisfaction;

Not: I wish I would, He wishes he would

etc polite request implying b. wish + inanimate subject + would dissatisfaction or lack of is used to express the speaker's hope disappointment or lack of hope

I wish he would stop lying. (But I don't think he will - wish for a future change unlikely to happen.)

I wish they would take this more seriously. (dissatisfaction)

I wish it would stop snowing.(But I'm afraid it won't stop snowing - wish implying disappointment)

I wish you wouldn't throw litter on the floor. (Please, don't throw litter on the floor - request implying

lack of hope)

 

Unreal Past

Past Simple Past Perfect
·  Conditionals Type 2 (unreal in the present) If I were you, I would leave now. · Wish (present) I wish she worked more efficiently. · I’d rather/sooner sb… (present) I’d rather you left the files here, please. · Suppose/Supposing                                                   Suppose you won the lottery, what would you buy? · As if/as though (untrue situation in the present) He acts as if he were a genius. · It’s (about/high) time … It’s about time you learnt to drive. • Conditionals Type 3 (unreal in the past) If I had known before, I wouldn't have come. • wish (past) /f only he hadn't lied to me. • I'd rather/sooner sb ... (past) I'd rather you had not spoken like that yesterday. • Suppose/Supposing Suppose she hadn't reminded you, would you have remembered? • as if/as though (untrue situation in the past) She looked at me as if she had never seen me before.  

 

had better = should

 • I had better + present bare infinitive (present/future reference)

He had better not wait any longer. (= He should not wait any longer.)

 • It would have been better if + Past Perfect (past reference). It would have been better if he had

phoned us to tell us not to wait. (= He should have phoned us to tell us not to wait.)

would rather = I'd prefer

• when the subject of would rather is also the subject of the following verb I'd rather +         Present bare Infinitive (present/future reference)                             Perfect bare infinitive (past reference) I'd rather stay in tonight. I'd rather not have taken the bus, but I had no choice.
• when the subject of would rather is different from the subject of the following verb I'd rather sb +    Past Simple (present/future reference)                             Past Perfect (past reference) I'd rather you didn't shout so much. I'd rather you had come with me yesterday.

prefer + gerund/noun + to + gerund/noun (general). I prefer watching TV to reading books.

prefer + full infinitive + rather than + bare infinitive (general preference)

I prefer to eat what I want rather than count calories.

would prefer + full infinitive + rather than + bare infinitive (specific preference)

I'd prefer to play football rather than watch it.

would rather + bare infinitive + than + bare infinitive. I'd rather ski than skate.

 

 

Adjectives and adverbs

Order of Adjectives

Opinion

Adjectives

Fact Adjectives

Noun

size age shape colour origin material Used for/be about It’s a lovely small old square brown Chinese wooden writing table

 

Order of Adverbs

subject + verb place manner time
She goes to the gym on foot every day.
subject + verb manner place time
He was working quietly in the shed all day.

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