Direct Speech to Reported Speech
"I'm exhausted" Tim said
Tim said he was exhausted
In reported speech, we change PRESENT SIMPLE into...
PAST SIMPLE
"There are three people waiting at the bus stop" she said
We use DIRECT SPEECH to reproduce the exact words someone says/said
TRUE
THEN
"She is Spanish" Mark says
In reported speech, we change PAST SIMPLE into...
PAST PERFECT
My friends said that they had been shopping that afternoon
"We have been shopping this afternoon" my friends said
We can use the reporting verb TELL without any indirect object
FALSE
In REPORTED SPEECH, the word YESTEDAY changes into...
the previous day / the day before
"I'll buy a house one day" Sarah said
PAST PERFECT
She said that her father would come later that day
We don't always have to change tenses in REPORTED SPEECH
TRUE
In REPORTED SPEECH, the word TOMORROW changes into...
the next day / the following day
"I've never been to England" Tom said
Tom said he'd never been to England
In reported speech, we change modal verb MUST into...
HAD TO
"My brother was born in Paris three years ago" Sue said
In REPORTED SPEECH, just a few time and place expressions have to be changed sometimes
FALSE
In REPORTED SPEECH, the word HERE changes into...
THERE
"I can't speak French" Mike said
Mike said he couldn't speak French
In reported speech, we change modal verb MAY into...
MIGHT
He said he wasn't paying attention to what the teacher was saying in class
"I'm not paying attention to what the teacher is saying" he said
Pronouns must always be changed in REPORTED SPEECH
FALSE
In REPORTED SPEECH, the phrase 3 DAYS AGO changes into...
3 DAYS BEFORE