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Understanding Modals and Reported Speech

The document outlines various modal verbs and their uses, including obligations, advice, and possibilities. It also covers the structure of reported speech, detailing how tenses change from active to reported form. Additionally, it lists time expressions and their equivalents when converting to reported speech.

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Understanding Modals and Reported Speech

The document outlines various modal verbs and their uses, including obligations, advice, and possibilities. It also covers the structure of reported speech, detailing how tenses change from active to reported form. Additionally, it lists time expressions and their equivalents when converting to reported speech.

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Modals

Must- obligacion

Have to-obligacion

Need to-obligacion

Should-consejo

Ought to-consejo

Can- posibilidad y habilidad de hacer algo

Could

Be Able to

Might

May

Shall

Would

Modal perfect

Cant have

Could have

couldn’t have

Should have

shouldn’t have

Ought to have

Might have

Must have/
Would have

Needn’t have

Reported speech

Active es en presente reported es en pasado

Present-pasado

Present continuo –pasado continuo

Pasado simple-pasado perfecto

Pasado continuo- pasado perfecto continuo

Present perfecto-pasado perfecto

Pasado perfecto-pasado perfecto

Pasado perfecto continuo-pasado perfecto continuo

Futuro will- would

Time expressions

Now- then

Today- that day

Tonight-that night

Yesterday- the day before- the previous day

Last week-the previous week/ the week before

Next week-the following week

Tomorrow- the next day /the following day

Here- there
This-that

These-those

Can-could-may-might must y have to- had to

Said to us

Told us

Suggested +ing

Offered to infinitive

Admitted+ing

Wondered +if

Wanted to know+ if

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