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    Modal Verbs and Reported Speech

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    The document provides exercises on using modal verbs like may, might, can, could in reported speech by changing direct statements into indirect reported statements. It also includes exercises changing direct speech into reported speech by modifying the tense and pronouns. The answers to the modal verb and reported speech exercises are provided.

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    The document provides exercises on using modal verbs like may, might, can, could in reported speech by changing direct statements into indirect reported statements. It also includes exercises changing direct speech into reported speech by modifying the tense and pronouns. The answers to the modal verb and reported speech exercises are provided.

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    The document provides exercises on using modal verbs like may, might, can, could in reported speech by changing direct statements into indirect reported statements. It also includes exercises changing direct speech into reported speech by modifying the tense and pronouns. The answers to the modal verb and reported speech exercises are provided.

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    Modal verbs and Reported Speech.

    MAY/MIGHT- EXERCISES
    Choose the correct answer.

    Q1 - I was just wondering whether you ____ be able to help me. a)may b)might Q2 - God____ have mercy on your soul. a)may b)might Q3 - You ____ well be right. a)may b)might Q4 - I told them I ____ go if I felt like it, but wasn't sure. a)may b)might Q5 - Students ____ only borrow four books at a time. a)may b)might Q6 - The examiner says we ____ leave when we've finished. a)may b)might Q7 - It ____ be very expensive, but it's much better than the others. a)may b)might Q8 - I just ____ accept your offer. a)may b)might Q9 - You ____ try asking her for help- she knows her stuff. a)may b)might Q10 - You ____ have told me earlier! a)may b)might

    Reported Speech Exercises direct speech to reported speech

    1.

    "I am going to buy a new pair of boots", my sister said.

    2. "My wife is wearing a red dress and a big hat", the man told the receptionist.

    3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

    "The driver tried to stop the car", the witness told the policeman. "I enjoyed the opera very much", I answered. "It is a beautiful model", the assistant said. "Peter never comes to my birthday party", my son said. "We have been here for half an hour", my wife told the salesman. "You will be a good wife to some lucky man", my mother told me. "I can't believe you!", I said. "He is going to open the front door", I said.

    Answers reported speech


    1. My sister said that she was going to buy a new pair of boots.

    2. The man told the receptionist that his wife was wearing a red dress and a big hat. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. The witness told the policeman that the driver had tried to stop the car. I answered that I had enjoyed the opera very much. The assistant said that it was a beautiful model. My son said that Peter never came to his birthday party. My wife told the salesman that we had been there for half an hour. My mother told me that I would be a good wife to some lucky man. I said that I coul not believe him. I said that he was going to open the front door.

    Modal verbs with:


    Direct Speech can could "I can stay here until Sunday" "I can do this alone" may might "I may go fishing next weekend" "We may travel to Europe" will would "I will stay here" "I will not go away" must had to "I must work everyday" "I must not arrive late" Reported Speech He said he could stay there until Sunday He said that he could do that alone He said he might go fishing next weekend They said that they might travel to Europe He said that he would stay there He said that he wouldn't go away He said he had to work everyday He said he didn't have to arrive late

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