DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED SPEECH
"I am exhausted", Tim said.
Tim said that he was exhausted.
PAST SIMPLE
"Where are you from?", asked Ella.
Ella asked where I was from.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, WE CHANGE "HAVE TO" OR "MUST" TO ________.
HAD TO
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TODAY" TO...
THAT DAY
"I will buy a new house one day", Sara said.
PAST CONTINUOUS
Mary asked if/whether I had gone to Morocco.
AND "CAN'T/ CANNOT" TO ______ .
COULD
COULDN'T
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "NOW" TO...
THEN
"I can get a job in London", Tim told me.
Tim told me that he could get a job in London.
PAST PERFECT
"Do you get along with your brother?" Philip wondered.
Philip wondered if/whether I got along with my brother.
TRUE OR FALSE:
IN DIRECT SPEECH THE TENSES USUALLY GO ONE STEP BACK INTO THE PAST.
TRUE
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "YESTERDAY" TO...
THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE DAY BEFORE
He asked me what I was doing on Saturday.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, WE CHANGE PAST SIMPLE TO...
PAST PERFECT.
"Can I stay here?", she asked.
She asked if/whether she could stay there.
TRUE OR FALSE.
PERSONAL PRONOUNS USUALLY CHANGE TO THE THIRD PERSON SINGULAR OR PLURAL, EXCEPT WHEN THE SPEAKER REPORTS HIS OWN WORDS.
TRUE
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TOMORROW" TO...
THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE NEXT DAY
"Did you go to the party?", they asked me.
They asked me if/whether I had gone to the party.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, WE CHANGE "WILL" TO ____________ AND "WILL NOT" OR "WON'T TO" ____________.
WOULD
WOULD NOT OR WOULDN'T
"Why did you give up being vegan?", he wanted to know.
TRUE OR FALSE.
WHEN WE REPORT WHAT SOMEBODY SAID IN THE PAST WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE THE TENSE WE USE IN REPORTED SPEECH.
FALSE.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, WE CHANGE
"LAST MONTH" TO (1) ____________ AND
"NEXT MONTH" TO (2) ______________.
(1) THE MONTH BEFORE / THE PREVIOUS MONTH
(2) THE MONTH AFTER / THE FOLLOWING MONTH