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Business Spotlight 3/2011

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Business Spotlight 3/2011

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Cars, car parts and car accidents

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Correct reported speech

Do you know how to use reported speech and reporting verbs correctly? We look at "say", "tell", "recommend" and "suggest". Which ones do you know?

Reporting a meeting

Could you complete our report of a meeting? For each question, we ask you to choose the correct verb. This test is about meaning — and grammar.

Should you?

The modal auxiliary “should” has several different uses and meanings. We look at formal and informal usage in this short, interactive test. You should try it!

Reported speech

In reported speech, people often report the action using a reporting verb, such as advise, with an infinitive form.

Reported speech — "backshifting"

In reported (indirect) speech, the tense is usually “backshifted” —
the verb is placed one step back in the past. Take a closer look at how
this works.

You didn't say that!

When we report on what people have said, we often use a different tense from the one used in direct speech. Would you know how to "backshift" the tenses?

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