Grammar: 🚀 Advanced Grammar: 💬➡️🗣️ Reported Speech (B2) - Lesson 5: Reporting with Modals

Advanced Grammar B2

🗣️

Reporting Modals

ការរាយការណ៍ដោយប្រើកិរិយាសព្ទជំនួយ

When we report what someone said, some modal verbs change (backshift) into the past, but others stay exactly the same!

នៅពេលយើងរាយការណ៍ពីសម្តីអ្នកដទៃ កិរិយាសព្ទជំនួយខ្លះត្រូវប្តូរទៅជាអតីតកាល តែខ្លះទៀតរក្សាទម្រង់ដើមដដែល!

⏩

Will ➔ Would

ប្តូរពី Will ទៅ Would

Direct Speech (សម្តីផ្ទាល់)

"I will help you."
(ខ្ញុំនឹងជួយអ្នក។)

Reported Speech (សម្តីប្រយោល)

He said he would help me.

គាត់បាននិយាយថាគាត់នឹងជួយខ្ញុំ។

Direct Speech (សម្តីផ្ទាល់)

"We will arrive late."
(ពួកយើងនឹងមកដល់យឺត។)

Reported Speech (សម្តីប្រយោល)

They said they would arrive late.

ពួកគេបាននិយាយថាពួកគេនឹងមកដល់យឺត។

💪

Can ➔ Could

ប្តូរពី Can ទៅ Could

Direct Speech (សម្តីផ្ទាល់)

"I can speak French."
(ខ្ញុំអាចនិយាយភាសាបារាំងបាន។)

Reported Speech (សម្តីប្រយោល)

She said she could speak French.

នាងបាននិយាយថានាងអាចនិយាយភាសាបារាំងបាន។

Direct Speech (សម្តីផ្ទាល់)

"I can't find my keys."
(ខ្ញុំរកសោររបស់ខ្ញុំមិនឃើញទេ។)

Reported Speech (សម្តីប្រយោល)

He said he couldn't find his keys.

គាត់បាននិយាយថាគាត់រកសោររបស់គាត់មិនឃើញទេ។

🤷

May ➔ Might

ប្តូរពី May ទៅ Might

Direct Speech (សម្តីផ្ទាល់)

"It may rain later."
(មេឃអាចនឹងភ្លៀងនៅពេលក្រោយ។)

Reported Speech (សម្តីប្រយោល)

They said it might rain later.

ពួកគេបាននិយាយថាមេឃអាចនឹងភ្លៀងនៅពេលក្រោយ។

Direct Speech (សម្តីផ្ទាល់)

"I may be late."
(ខ្ញុំអាចនឹងមកយឺត។)

Reported Speech (សម្តីប្រយោល)

She told me she might be late.

នាងប្រាប់ខ្ញុំថានាងអាចនឹងមកយឺត។

❗

Must ➔ Had to

ប្តូរពី Must ទៅ Had to

Direct Speech (សម្តីផ្ទាល់)

"I must study."
(ខ្ញុំត្រូវតែរៀន។)

Reported Speech (សម្តីប្រយោល)

He said he had to study.

គាត់បាននិយាយថាគាត់ត្រូវតែរៀន។

The NO-CHANGE Trap! ⚠️

Do NOT change these modals!

(កិរិយាសព្ទជំនួយទាំងនេះ មិនត្រូវប្តូរទម្រង់ទេនៅពេលរាយការណ៍!)

SHOULD stays SHOULD

"You should rest." ➔ The doctor said I should rest.

(គ្រូពេទ្យបាននិយាយថាខ្ញុំគួរតែសម្រាក។)

COULD / WOULD / MIGHT ➔ NO CHANGE

"It might work." ➔ He said it might work.

Reporting Modals 🎬

Watch Teacher Sopheak explain how to backshift modals correctly. Listen closely and master B2 Reported Speech!

❓

Knowledge Check ⚡

ការត្រួតពិនិត្យចំណេះដឹង ⚡

Direct: "I will call you."

She said she ___ call me.

(នាងបាននិយាយថានាងនឹងតេមកខ្ញុំ។)

💪

Direct: "I can fix it."

He said he ___ fix it.

(គាត់បាននិយាយថាគាត់អាចជួសជុលវាបាន។)

❗

Direct: "I must go."

He told me he ___ go.

(គាត់បានប្រាប់ខ្ញុំថាគាត់ត្រូវតែទៅ។)

NO-CHANGE TRAP! ❌

Direct: "You should sleep."

Mom said I ___ sleep.

(ម៉ាក់បាននិយាយថាខ្ញុំគួរតែគេង។)

NO-CHANGE TRAP! ❌

Direct: "It might snow."

They said it ___ snow.

(ពួកគេបាននិយាយថាមេឃអាចនឹងធ្លាក់ព្រិល។)

🗣️

Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Report a Promise 🗣️ Think of a promise a friend made to you using "will". Write it in reported speech using "would". (e.g., "My friend said he would call me later.")

✍️

Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Report an Ability ✍️ Someone tells you: "I can't swim." Report this to another person. Write the sentence.

❗

Mission 🎯

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Report an Obligation ❗ Your boss says: "You must finish this today." Report it using "had to".

Ask a Question 🙋‍♂️

តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!

U

Recent Questions

B

Bopha 3 hours ago

Teacher, if direct speech already has "would", like "I would like some tea", what happens when we report it?

Reply 👍 14

SP

Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Hi Bopha! If the original sentence already uses "would", "could", "might", or "should", we don't change the modal at all! It stays exactly the same. So: He said he WOULD like some tea. Easy, right? 😉