Tense + pronoun Shifts
Time Shifts
Vocab Unit 2
Master the Reported Speech
Crime vocab
100

Julie said: "I go to the cinema."

Julie said that she went to the cinema. 

100

Julie said: "I come to the party today." 

Julie said that she came to the party that day. 

100

chest

Brust / Kiste

100

Julie said: "I can come here now." 

Julie said that she could come there then. 

100

criminal

Verbrecher
200

Arthur told us: "I bring a cake to the party." 

Arthur told us that he brought a cake to the party. 

200

Arthur told me: "I want a good song now." 

Arthur told me that he wanted a good song then. 

200

Angestellter

employee

200

Arthur told him: "My sister drives us tomorrow." 

Arthur told him that his sister drove them the following/next day. 

200

victim

Opfer

300

Tim told me: "My friend catches every ball in the baseball game."

Tim told me that his friend caught all every ball in the baseball game. 

300

Tim said: "Yesterday I ....-" 

Tim said that the day before he ...

300

what are your uncle, aunt, grandparents, ...

relatives

300

Tim said: "My mum drives me crazy because of this event next year." 

Tim said that his mum drove him crazy because of that event the following year. 

300

blackmail

Erpressung

400

Maggy said: "My mum wears a dress on Monday." 

Maggy said that her mum wore a dress on Monday. 

400

Maggy told us: "I go on vacation tomorrow."

Maggy told us that she went on vacation the next/following day. 

400

ein Verbrechen begehen

to commit a crime

400

Maggy said: "My brother and I wear this costume here for carnival tonight." 

Maggy said that her brother and she wore that costume there for carnival that night. 

400

witness

Augenzeuge

500
The refugees said: "We flee from bad conditions in our land."

The refugees said that they fled from bad conditions in their land. 

500

What are the time changes for: 

last week

next year 

today

tomorrow


the week before / the previous week

the following year

that day

the next day/ following day 


500

etwas in die Hände bekommen

to get hold of something

500

The contestants told the reporter: "We are so happy to hold this trophy in our hands today." 

The contestants told the reporter that they were so happy to hold (held) that trophy in their hands that day.

500

evidence

Beweise

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