May 25, 2012 | Posted by profanglais
In this video, Paul explains how to change the tense in order to use indirect, or reported speech. As you will see, the tense moves back one step in time from what the speaker actually said. We can see that “would” is the past of “will” and that “might” is the past of “may”. [...]
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Tags: indirect, reported speech, tenses | 
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March 26, 2009 | Posted by profanglais
Graham: “I have a new car.” Reported speech: “Graham said that he had a new car.” Jessica: “I’m sick” Reported speech: “Jessica said that she was sick” Quand on raconte plus tard ce que quelqu’un a dit, il faut changer le temps utilisé au passé. Sachez que ‘would’ est le passé de ‘will’ tout comme [...]
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