TIME EXPRESSIONS
Changes in reported speech - time expressions
"TODAY"
THAT DAY
Tense canges that occurr in reported speech
"AM/IS"
WAS
Change the direct speech "She said, 'I am studying for the exam'" into reported speech.
She said that she was studying for the exam.
Change the direct speech into reported speech: "I had visited my grandparents last week," I said.
I said that I had visited my grandparents the previous week/the week before.
Changes in reported speech - time expressions
"YESTERDAY"
THE DAY BEFORE
THE PREVIOUS DAY
Tense canges that occurr in reported speech
"CAN"
COULD
Convert the sentence "He said, 'I will go to the party'" into reported speech using the appropriate tense.
He said that he would go to the party.
She said, 'I have been to Paris twice'.
She said that she had been to Paris twice.
Changes in reported speech - time expressions
"TOMORROW"
THE NEXT DAY
THE FOLLOWING DAY
Tense canges that occurr in reported speech
"WILL"
WOULD
Rewrite the following sentence using reported speech with a modal verb: "She said, 'I can swim.'"
She said that she could swim.
They said, 'We have already seen that movie'.
They said that they had already seen that movie.
Changes in reported speech - time expressions
"THIS WEEK"
THAT WEEK
Tense canges that occurr in reported speech
"HAVE"
HAD
Transform the direct speech "They said, 'We have completed the project'" into reported speech.
They said that they had completed the project.
Myriam told me, "I went to the store"
She told me that she had gone to the store.
Changes in reported speech - time expressions
"RIGHT NOW"
IN THAT MOMENT
Tense canges that occurr in reported speech
"MIGHT"
MIGHT (MODAL VERBS - NO CHANGES)
Change the sentence "She said, 'I played tennis yesterday'" into reported speech with the correct tense.
She said that she had played tennis the day before/the previous day.
He mentioned, "She had finished her homework"
He mentioned that she had finished her homweork.