Quick Review: Reported Speech, Deduction & Relative Clauses

Two more B1 tools you will lean on heavily at B2.

Notice

  • She told me she had finished the project. (reported statement)
  • He might have missed the bus. (deduction)
  • The woman whose car broke down took the bus. (relative clause)

Rule

Reported speech passes on what someone said. Deduction modals (must/might/can’t have) express confidence about a guess. Relative clauses add detail about a person, place, or thing.

Practice

  1. “I am tired,” she said. → She said ___ .
    Answer: she was tired
  2. The ground is wet — it ___ have rained.
    Answer: must
  3. That’s the man ___ car was stolen.
    Answer: whose
  4. “Close the door,” she said. → She told me ___ .
    Answer: to close the door
  5. He ___ have forgotten, he never forgets. (confident negative)
    Answer: can’t

Connect

Review reported speech and deduction modals before we go further.

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CEFR: Sets up B2’s more advanced reporting verbs and detail-adding structures.

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