Useful Grammar

these grammatical structures can be used in your investigation messages to discover the information you need.

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Conditionals:

first

If you give me this information, I can give you ….

second

If you knew this was happening, why didn’t you …..

third

If I had realised, I would have …..

Reported Speech:

He told me that he had painted all the pictures.

They told me that he had arranged a meeting for the following day.

Future in the Past:

I never imagined he would be murdered!