DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED SPEECH
"I AM EXHAUSTED" TIM SAID.
TIM SAID THAT HE WAS EXHAUSTED.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PRESENT TENSE" TO...
PAST TENSE
SHE SAID THAT THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP.
"THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP", SHE SAID.
WE USE DIRECT SPEECH WHEN WE WANT TO REPRODUCE WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS OR SAID.
FALSE. DIRECT SPEECH IS USED WHEN YOU TALK TO THE PERSON DIRECTLY.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TODAY" TO...
THAT DAY
"I WILL BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY" SARA SAID.
SARA SAID SHE WOULD BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PRESENT PERFECT" TO...
PAST PERFECT
MY FRIENDS SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN SHOPPING THAT AFTERNOON.
"WE HAVE BEEN SHOPPING THIS AFTERNOON", MY FRIENDS SAID.
WHEN WE REPORT WHAT SOMEBODY SAID IN THE PAST WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE TENSE WE USE IN REPORTED SPEECH.
TRUE
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.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PAST SIMPLE" TO...
PAST PERFECT
SHE SAID THAT HER FATHER HAD TO TRAVEL A LOT BECAUSE HE IS A SALESMAN.
"MY FATHER HAS TO TRAVEL A LOT BECAUSE HE'S A SALESMAN", SHE SAID.
WILL IN REPORTED SPEECH IS...
WOULD
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "YESTERDAY" TO...
THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE DAY BEFORE
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON SATURDAY" HE ASKED HER.
HE ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS DOING ON SATURDAY.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "CAN" TO...
COULD
SUE TOLD ME THAT MARY'S BOYFRIEND LIVED IN PARIS.
"MARY'S BOYFRIEND LIVES IN PARIS", SUE TOLD ME.
PERSONAL PRONOUNS CHANGE TO THE THIRD PERSON SINGULAR OR PLURAL, EXCEPT WHEN THE SPEAKER REPORTS HIS OWN WORDS.
TRUE. EX: "I LOVE MY MOM". SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE LOVED HER MOM.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TOMORROW" TO...
THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE NEXT DAY
"YOU CAN'T SMOKE HERE" I TOLD ANN.
I TOLD ANN SHE COULDN'T SMOKE THERE.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "MAY" TO...
MIGHT
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.
IN REPORTED SPEECH MUST CHANGES TO...
IT DOESN'T CHANGE :)
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "THREE DAYS AGO" TO...
THREE DAYS BEFORE