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    Conditionals in Reported Speech

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    This document discusses how to change conditional sentences when changing direct speech to reported or indirect speech. It examines the tense and modal changes that occur in zero, first, second, and third conditional sentences. For zero and first conditionals, tenses may change if the condition is no longer valid; for second and third conditionals, past tense and modal verbs like "would" are used to change direct speech to indirect speech when the condition is outdated. The document also advertises an English language school in California.

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    This document discusses how to change conditional sentences when changing direct speech to reported or indirect speech. It examines the tense and modal changes that occur in zero, first, second, and third conditional sentences. For zero and first conditionals, tenses may change if the condition is no longer valid; for second and third conditionals, past tense and modal verbs like "would" are used to change direct speech to indirect speech when the condition is outdated. The document also advertises an English language school in California.

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    This document discusses how to change conditional sentences when changing direct speech to reported or indirect speech. It examines the tense and modal changes that occur in zero, first, second, and third conditional sentences. For zero and first conditionals, tenses may change if the condition is no longer valid; for second and third conditionals, past tense and modal verbs like "would" are used to change direct speech to indirect speech when the condition is outdated. The document also advertises an English language school in California.

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    Conditionals in Reported Speech

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    This document discusses how to change conditional sentences when changing direct speech to reported or indirect speech. It examines the tense and modal changes that occur in zero, first, second, and third conditional sentences. For zero and first conditionals, tenses may change if the condition is no longer valid; for second and third conditionals, past tense and modal verbs like "would" are used to change direct speech to indirect speech when the condition is outdated. The document also advertises an English language school in California.

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    Indirect speech: She said that if it didn’t rain, she’d go for a walk.

    HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE IF-CLAUSE IN REPORTED SPEECH?


    To see what tense and modal changes occur, let’s examine each type of conditional sentence
    separately.

    ZERO CONDITIONAL IN REPORTED SPEECH

    The tense shift will occur only in instances when the condition is no longer valid. Otherwise, the tenses
    remain the same.

    Mom: If dad gets angry, he always reads a newspaper in the living room and ignores everybody else.

    Mom said that if dad gets angry, he always reads a newspaper in the living room and ignores

    everybody else. (Dad still does this.)

    Mom said that if dad got angry, he always read a newspaper in the living room and ignored
    everybody else. (Dad doesn’t do this anymore. Mom just described his past habit.)

    FIRST CONDITIONAL IN REPORTED SPEECH

    If we need to report a first conditional sentence, the following changes might take place.

    Luke: If we hurry up, we’ll catch the bus.

    Luke said that if we hurry up, we’ll catch the bus. (This information is still relevant. Luke and his
    interlocutor still have time to catch the bus.)

    Luke said that if we hurried up, we’d catch the bus. (These reported words aren’t relevant

    anymore. The bus has already left. Note the tense and modal shift: the present simple
    becomes the past simple, and will becomes would.)
    SECOND CONDITIONAL IN REPORTED SPEECH

    The above tense and modal shifting rules apply to the second conditional too. If the condition is still
    relevant, no changes occur. However, if it’s outdated, the past simple becomes the past perfect, and
    would becomes would + have + past participle.

    Sofia: If I had more money, I would buy a new car.

    Sofia said that if she had more money, she would buy a new car. (Sofia still doesn’t have money,

    and consequently, she can’t buy a new car.)

    Sofia said that if she had had more money, she would have bought a new car. (The speaker
    remembers Sofia’s words and wishes from the past. Maybe Sofia doesn’t have any money
    issues now.)

    THIRD CONDITIONAL IN REPORTED SPEECH

    When reporting third conditionals, there is no change in the verb form:

    Tania: If I had seen him, I would have told him about the accident.

    Tania said that if she had seen him, she would have told him about the accident.

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