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DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED SPEECH
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REPORTED SPEECH TO DIRECT SPEECH
More direct speech
TIME EXPRESSIONS
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"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

Danny said: "We ate pizza in Chicago."

Danny said htat he had eaten pizza in Chicago.

100
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TODAY" TO...
THAT DAY
200
"I CAN GET A JOB IN LONDON" TIM TOLD ME.
TIM TOLD ME THAT HE COULD GET A JOB IN LONDON.
200
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PAST SIMPLE" TO...
PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT
200

SHE SAID THAT HER BROTHER AND I WOULD TRAVEL TO BOSTON NEXT YEAR.

"MY BROTHER AND YOU WILL TRAVEL TO BOSTON NEXT YEAR.", SHE SAID.

200

Joe told Louis "We will buy a car next month"

Joe told louis that they would by a car the following month.

200
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "YESTERDAY" TO...
THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE DAY BEFORE
300
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON SATURDAY" HE ASKED HER.
HE ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS DOING ON SATURDAY.
300
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "CAN" TO...
COULD
300

SUE TOLD ME THAT MARY'S BOYFRIEND LIVED IN PARIS.

"MARY'S BOYFRIEND LIVES IN PARIS", SUE TOLD ME.

300

They said: "We forgot our homework."

They said that they had forgotten their homework.

300
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TOMORROW" TO...
THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE NEXT DAY
400

"I love cats." MARY TOLD ANN.

Mary told Anne that she loved cats.

400

IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "WILL" TO...

WOULD

400
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.
400

Adam and Georgia said: "We have been friends since kindergarden."

Adam and Georgia said they had been friends since kindergarden.

400
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "THREE DAYS AGO" TO...
THREE DAYS BEFORE
500
"I WILL BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY" SARA SAID.
SARA SAID SHE WOULD BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY.
500
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PRESENT PERFECT" TO...
PAST PERFECT
500
MY FRIENDS SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN SHOPPING THAT AFTERNOON.
"WE HAVE BEEN SHOPPING THIS AFTERNOON", MY FRIENDS SAID.
500

Grandpa told me: "I have to go to the dentist tomorrow because I lost a tooth yesterday!.

Grandpa told me that he had to go to the dentist the next day because he had lost a tooth the day before!

500
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "NOW" TO...
THEN