Reported
Speech
Reported Statements:
• Present
Simple –> Past Simple
'I’m very tired,' she said. –>
She said (that) she was very tired.
• Present
Progressive –> Past Progressive
'I’m going to school now,' he said. –> He said
(that) he was going to school.
• Present
Perfect –>Past Perfect
'I have made good progress in Italian,' Sarah said. –>
Sarah said (that) she had made good progress in Italian.
• Past
Progressive –> Past Progressive/Past Perfect
Progressive
'I was flying over Paris at 5 o’clock yesterday,'
Carol said. –> Carol said (that) she was flying / had been flying over Paris
at 5 o’clock the day before.
• Past Simple –>
Past Perfect
'I spent my holidays in Egypt,' he said –> He said
(that) he had spent his holidays in Egypt.
• Future Simple
–> Future – in – the Past
'Danny will come tomorrow,' she said. –> She said
(that) Danny would come the following day.
Other changes:
Reported questions:
!!! Note the word order change !!!
A) Special questions (wh-questions)
'What is
the time?' –> She asked me what time it was.
'How is
your mother?' –> He asked me how my mother was.
'Where do
you live?' –> He asked me where I lived.
'When did
you come home yesterday?' –> Sarah asked me when I had come home the day
before.
B) General questions (if/whether)
'Are you
hungy?' –> He asked if I
was hungry.
'Did you see the film?' –> She asked whether I had
seen the film.
Reported commands:
!!! Verbs for reported commands: tell,
order, command, warn, instruct, etc. !!!
'Sit down, Mary.' –> He told Mary to sit down.
'Don’t stop.' –> He told them not to stop.
Reported requests:
'Would you open the door, please?' –> She asked me
to open the door.
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