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DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED SPEECH
TENSES
REPORTED SPEECH TO DIRECT SPEECH
TIME EXPRESSIONS
100

"I AM EXHAUSTED" TIM ==> SALLY (TELL)

TIM TOLD SALLY 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

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

THAT DAY

200

"I WILL BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY" SARA (SAY)

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
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "NOW" TO...
THEN
300

"I CAN GET A JOB IN LONDON TOMORROW" TIM ==> ME (TELL)

TIM TOLD ME THAT HE COULD GET A JOB IN LONDON THE FOLLOWING DAY.

300
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PAST SIMPLE" TO...
PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT
300
SHE SAID THAT HER FATHER MUST TRAVEL A LOT BECAUSE HE IS A SALESMAN.
"MY FATHER MUST TRAVEL A LOT BECAUSE HE'S A SALESMAN", SHE SAID.
300
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "YESTERDAY" TO...
THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE DAY BEFORE
400

"I RAN FOR 2 KILOMETRES LAST SATURDAY " HE ==> US (SAY)

HE SAID TO US THAT HE HAD RUN FOR 2 KILOMETRES THE PREVIOUS SATURDAY.

400
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "CAN" TO...
COULD
400

SUE TOLD ME THAT MARY'S BOYFRIEND LIVES IN PARIS (STILL TRUE NOW)

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

400

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

THERE

500

"YOU CAN'T SMOKE HERE" I ==>AN (SAY)

I SAID TO ANN THAT SHE COULDN'T 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
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TOMORROW" TO...
THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE NEXT DAY