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Grammar review

Will › Would
‘I will come as soon as possible.’ = He said that he would come as soon as possible.
Can › Could
‘I can swim.’ = He said he could swim.

When we report a question, verbs like ask and wonder are often used.
Tense changes are the same as for affirmative sentences.
‘Are you going home, John?’ He asked John if he was going home.
‘Can she speak English?’ He wondered if she could speak English.
‘Will you come to see us?’ They asked us if we would come to see them.

Pronouns and possessive adjectives also change in reported speech.
‘I don’t like spinach.’ She said she didn’t like spinach.
‘We are Italian.’ They said they were Italian.
‘My dog is called Hector.’ He said his dog was called Hector.
Expressions of time change as follows:
Direct Reported
today that day
yesterday the day before
tomorrow the next day / the following day
next year the following year
last week the previous week

Reflexive pronouns Unit 12
The reflexive pronouns are:
myself ourselves
yourself yourselves
himself themselves
herself
itself

Reflexive pronouns are used where the subject and object refer to the same person:
They enjoyed themselves last night.
She hurt herself.
Reflexive pronouns can be used to emphasise the action of the subject:
She did it herself.
We saw it ourselves.

Some verbs (wash, shave, dress, behave etc.) expressing a reflexive action are not followed by
the reflexive pronoun:
He washes and shaves every morning.

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