B1 · Mittelstufe Kapitel 34

Reported Speech

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Shifting tenses and pronouns in indirect speech. Managing complex reporting verbs.

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Pronoun Check

Always pause and think: 'Who is the subject now?' before you say the pronoun.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Indirect Speech

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Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Он сказал, что я идет.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Он сказал, что он идет.
Pronoun and verb agreement.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Indirect Speech

Fill in the blank with 'что' or 'ли'.

Он спросил, ___ я приду.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ли
It is an indirect question.

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Choose the correct reporting verb structure.

Она ___ мне прийти.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: сказала
Requires dative + infinitive.

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In formal writing, yes. In casual speech, it is sometimes dropped.
Russian indirect speech maintains the original tense of the speaker.