Share B1 Teens Modals of Deduction and Reported Speech
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He asked:” Are we going to start work tomorrow?”
He asked if they were going to start work the next day.
The doctor wanted to know:” Have you had the symptoms for a long time?”
The doctor wanted to know if I had had the symptoms for a long time.
Sophie said:”I went to bed early last night”. (Sophie said ….)
Sophie said that she had gone to bed early that night.
He told me:”You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen”. (He told me …)
He told me that I was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen
Mark said that his friend Gary had found a new job in the music business.
Mark:”My friend Gary has found a new job in the music business.”
He said:” Tomorrow at five o’clock I will be sitting on a train to Glasgow.” (He said that…)
He said that the next day at five o’clock he would be sitting on a train to Glasgow.
Miss Jackson:”I warned you to study for the test a month ago.” (Miss Jackson reminded me...)
Miss Jackson reminded me that she had warned me to study for the test a month before
Would you like to drive me home? (JIM, OFFER)
Jim offered to drive him/her home
Yes! I’ll do it again (JACK, AGREE)
He agreed to do it again.
Keep quiet or I’ll punish you (THE TEACHER, THREATEN)
The teacher threatened to punish me if I didn’t keep quiet.
Don’t touch the wire with wet hands. (THE ELECTRICIAN, WARN)
The electrician warned me not to touch the wire with wet hands.
He asked:”Where have you been Tom?”
He asked me where I had been
The referee asked:”How many players do you want to substitute?”
The referee asked how many players I/we/he wanted to substitute.
He asked:”What would you do if you were a celebrity?”
He asked me what I would have done if I had been a celebrity.
The gardener inquired:”Why didn’t you buy a new shovel?”
The gardener inquired why I hadn’t bought a new shovel.
He wanted to know:”How long has Peter had his sports car?”
He wanted to know how long Peter had had his sports car
