DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED SPEECH
TENSES
REPORTED SPEECH TO DIRECT SPEECH
CORRECT/INCORRECT
TIME EXPRESSIONS
100

"I AM EXHAUSTED" TIM SAID.

TIM SAID THAT HE WAS EXHAUSTED.

100
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PRESENT TENSE" TO...
PAST TENSE
100
SHE SAID THAT THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP.
"THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP", SHE SAID.
100

SHE SAID: "DON'T BOTHER ME NOW!" = 

SHE SAID TO NOT BOTHER HER THEN.

INCORRECT! IT MUST BE "SHE SAID NOT TO BOTHER HER THEN."

100
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TODAY" TO...
THAT DAY
200
"I WILL BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY" SARA SAID.
SARA SAID SHE WOULD BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY.
200
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PRESENT PERFECT" TO...
PAST PERFECT
200
MY FRIENDS SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN SHOPPING THAT AFTERNOON.
"WE HAVE BEEN SHOPPING THIS AFTERNOON", MY FRIENDS SAID.
200

"SHE DOESN'T WORK HERE." HE EXPLAINED. =

HE EXPLAINED THAT SHE DIDN'T WORK THERE.


CORRECT!

200
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "NOW" TO...
THEN
300
"I CAN GET A JOB IN LONDON" TIM TOLD ME.
TIM TOLD ME THAT HE COULD GET A JOB IN LONDON.
300
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PAST SIMPLE" TO...
PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT
300

SHE SAID THAT HER FATHER HAD TO TRAVEL A LOT BECAUSE HE WAS (IS*) A SALESMAN.

"MY FATHER MUST TRAVEL A LOT BECAUSE HE'S A SALESMAN", SHE SAID.

300
"IT'S NOT TOO LATE YET!" , SHE WHISPERED TO ME.=


SHE WHISPERED TO ME THAT IT WASN'T TOO LATE YET.


CORRECT!
300
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "YESTERDAY" TO...
THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE DAY BEFORE
400

"I CAME TO POLAND A YEAR AGO." HE TOLD HER.

HE TOLD HER HER THAT HE HAD COME TO POLAND A YEAR BEFORE.

400
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "CAN" TO...
COULD
400
SUE TOLD ME THAT MARY'S BOYFRIEND LIVES[*ED] IN PARIS.
"MARY'S BOYFRIEND LIVES IN PARIS", SUE TOLD ME.
400

"WE DON'T SELL BREAD HERE." THE SALESPERSON EXPLAINED. = 

THE SALESPERSON EXPLAINED THAT THEY WEREN'T SELLING BREAD THERE.

INCORRECT! IT MUST BE: "THE SALESPERSON EXPLAINED THAT THEY DIDN'T SELL BREAD THERE."

400
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TOMORROW" TO...
THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE NEXT DAY
500
"DON'T SMOKE HERE" I TOLD ANN.
I TOLD ANN NOT TO SMOKE THERE.
500
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "MAY" TO...
MIGHT
500
HIS TEACHER TOLD HIM TO DO HIS HOMEWORK ON TIME IF HE WANTED TO GET A GOOD GRADE.
"DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON TIME IF YOU WANT TO GET A GOOD GRADE", HIS TEACHER SAID.
500

SHE SHOUTED: "I HATE THIS CHANGE OF PLANS! NOBODY HAS WARNED ME ABOUT IT!" = 

SHE SHOUTED THAT SHE HATED THAT CHANGE OF PLANS AND THAT NOBODY HAS WARNED HER ABOUT IT.

INCORRECT! iT MUST BE:"SHE SHOUTED THAT SHE HATED THAT CHANGE OF PLANS AND THAT NOBODY HAD WARNED HER ABOUT IT.

500
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "THREE DAYS AGO" TO...
THREE DAYS BEFORE
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