DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED SPEECH
SHE SAID THAT THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP.
"THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP", SHE SAID.
WE USE DIRECT SPEECH WHEN WE WANT TO REPRODUCE WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS OR SAID.
FALSE
"JOHN IS AT WORK TODAY"
HE SAID THAT JOHN ................. AT WORK
WAS
"I BOUGHT A HOUSE LAST YEAR" SARA SAID.
SARA SAID SHE HAD BOUGHT A HOUSE THE YEAR BEFORE
MY FRIENDS SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN IN THE PARK THAT AFTERNOON.
"WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PARK THIS AFTERNOON", MY FRIENDS SAID.
WHEN WE REPORT WHAT SOMEBODY SAID IN THE PAST WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE TENSE WE USE IN REPORTED SPEECH.
TRUE
"MARY BOUGHT SOUVENIRS"
SHE SAID THAT MARY.....................SOUVENIERS
BOUGHT / HAD BOUGHT
"I WAS WAITING FOR A JOB IN LONDON" TIM TOLD ME.
TIM TOLD ME THAT HE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR A JOB IN LONDON.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PAST SIMPLE" TO...
PAST PERFECT
SHE SAID THAT HER FATHER HAD TO TRAVEL A LOT BECAUSE HE WAS A SALESMAN.
"MY FATHER MUST TRAVEL A LOT BECAUSE HE'S A SALESMAN", SHE SAID.
WHEN WE REPORT A SENTENCE IN THE PAST WE MUST USE A PAST PERFECT TENSE
TRUE
HE SAID THAT HE HAD EATEN A LOT THAT DAY
"HE ............................. A LOT TODAY"
HAS EATEN
"YOU ARE DOING SPORTS ON SATURDAY" HE SAID
HE SAID THAT YOU WERE DOING SPORTS ON SATURDAY.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE THE IMPERATIVE VERB TO...
INFINITIVE (TO + VERB)
SUE TOLD ME THAT MARY'S BOYFRIEND LIVED IN PARIS.
"MARY'S BOYFRIEND LIVES IN PARIS", SUE TOLD ME.
IN REPORTED SPEECH WE CHANGE THE SIMPLE PAST INTO PRESENT PERFECT
FALSE
"HE IS GOING TO TRAVEL TO PARIS"
HE SAID THAT HE.......................TO PARIS
WAS GOING TO TRAVEL
"DO YOUR HOMEWORK" MY TEACHER TOLD ME.
MY TEACHER TOLD ME TO DO MY HOMEWORK
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "present continuous" TO...
PAST CONTINUOUS
HIS TEACHER TOLD HIM THAT HIS HOMEWORK WAS GREAT.
"YOUR HOMEWORK IS GREAT", HIS TEACHER SAID.
IN REPORTED SPEECH WE TURN THE PRESENT PERFECT INTO PAST PERFECT
TRUE
HE SAID THAT CARL WAS DRIVING FAST.
"CARL........................... FAST", HE SAID
IS DRIVING