This module explains how to change verb tenses and time expressions in reported speech, changing 'will' to 'would' and 'next month' to 'the month after'.
Este módulo explica cómo transformar el tiempo verbal y las expresiones de tiempo en el estilo indirecto, cambiando 'will' a 'would' y 'next month' a 'the month after'.
| Task | "Dexter: ""I'll read this book next month""." |
|---|---|
| Answer | 1 |
| a | Dexter said that he would read that book the month after. |
| b | Dexter said that he would read that book next month. |
| c | Dexter said that he read that book the month after. |
| d | Dexter said that he had read that book next month. |
| comment | We change the Future Simple to the Conditional in Reported Speech: will - would. Also we change time expressions: next month - the month after |
| topic | reported speech |
| level | 1 |
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