DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED SPEECH
IN REPORTED SPEECH, "PRESENT CONTINUOUS" CHANGES TO...
PAST CONTINUOUS
SHE SAID THAT THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP.
"THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP"
"I'M GOING TO BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY" SARA SAID.
SARA SAID THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, "PRESENT PERFECT" CHANGES TO...
PAST PERFECT
MY FRIENDS SAID THAT THEY WERE SHOPPING.
"WE ARE SHOPPING"
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "HERE" TO...
THERE
IN REPORTED SPEECH, "PAST SIMPLE" CHANGES TO...
PAST PERFECT
SHE SAID THAT HER FATHER HAD TO TRAVEL A LOT"
"MY FATHER MUST / HAS TO TRAVEL A LOT"
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "YESTERDAY" TO...
THE DAY BEFORE
"I MAY DRIVE TO THE AIRPORT TOMORROW" HE SAID.
HE SAID THAT HE MIGHT DRIVE TO THE AIRPORT THE NEXT/FOLLOWING DAY
IN REPORTED SPEECH, "CAN" CHANGES TO...
COULD
SAM SAID THAT HE WOULD GO TO TOKYO THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
"I WILL GO TO TOKYO THE NEXT MONTH"
"LUKE BLEW A CANDLE FOR HIS BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK" MARIE TOLD ME.
MARIE TOLD ME THAT LUKE/HE HAD BLOWN A CANDLE FOR HIS BIRTHDAY THE PREVIOUS WEEK.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, "MAY" CHANGES TO...
MIGHT
SHE SAID THAT SHE COULD READ THAT BOOK THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
"I CAN READ THIS BOOK NEXT WEEK"
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "A YEAR AGO" TO...
A YEAR BEFORE