How do you change modals in reported speech?

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How do you change modals in reported speech?

To change modals in reported speech, we generally use the reporting verb "said" or "told" followed by the modal verb "would" or "could" instead of the original modal verb. For example, if the original sentence is "I can swim," in reported speech it would be "He said he could swim."