REPORTED SPEECH

What is Reported Speech used for?

• To tell or say what another person has said before.

• To describe something that will happen in the future.

When we use Reported Speech the verb tenses ________

• Change

• Don't change

We must pay attention to:

• Tenses

• Pronouns, tenses, time and place expressions.

• Pronouns

When using Reported Speech the pronoun or name is followed by:

• SAID or TOLD ME

• SAID TO ME

• SAID ME

Simple present (cry) changes to

• Present continuous (am/is/are crying)

• Future (will cry)

• Past simple (cried)

Present continuous (am/is/are + ing) changes to

• Past continuous (was/were + studying)

• Future (will study)

Simple past (ate) / Present perfect (have/has eaten) / Past perfect (had eaten) change to

• Past perfect (had eaten)

• Future (will eat)

• Simple past (ate)

Present perfect continuous (have/has + been + ing) / Past continuous (had + been + ing) change to

• Simple past (arrive=arrived)

• Present continuous (am/is/are + ing)

• Past perfect continuous (had + been + ing)

Will / Can / Must / May change to

• Would / Can / Must / May

• Would / Could / Had to / Might

• Have / Could / Must / Might

Today / Tonight change to

• Yesterday / last night

• Tomorrow / last night

• That day / that night