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GRAMMAR FOCUS

1 She said, “I  am not dreaming." She said that she was not dreaming.

2 She said, "I was not dreaming." She said that she had not been dreaming.

3 She stated, "I quite agree." She stated that she quite agr  eed.

4 "Put it in a safe place", He told the ooh. He told the ooh to put it in a safe place.

! "on#t eat it all$, I as%ed him. I  as%ed him not to eat it all.

& I as%ed him, "Do 'ou like hone'(" I as%ed him if/whether  he liked hone'.

) 1 as%ed him, "Did 'ou like hone'(" I as%ed him if/whether  he had liked hone'.

* He as%ed me, "+hat is 'our name(" He as%ed me what m' name was.

She as%ed me,  "hen will  'ou bu' anew hat("

She as%ed me  when ! would  b' a newhat.

-here are some changes in tense, pronoun, aderbs of time and place for Indirect /uestion and IndirectStatement. 0nd there is no change of tense for indirect imperatie. See -able 1 and 2.

a#le !, hange of -ense

o. irect Speech Indirect Speech

1 Simple resent -ense Simple ast -ense

2 resent ontinuous -ense ast ontinuous -ense

3 resent erfect -ense ast erfect -ense

4 resent erfect ontinuous -ense ast erfect ontinuous -ense

! resent 5uture -ense ast 5uture -ense

& resent 5uture ontinuous -ense ast 5uture ontinuous -ense

) Simple ast -ense ast erfect -ense

* ast ontinuous -ense ast erfect ontinuous -ense

a#le $. -he hange of 0derbs

o. irect Speech Indirect Speech

1 ow -hen

2 -oda' -hat da'

3 6esterda' -he da' before

4 -omorrow -he ne7t da'8the following da'

! e7t... 5ollowing

& ... ago ... before8the preious ...

) 9ast... -he preious

* -his wee% -hat wee%

Here -here

1: -his8-hat 0d;ectie -he

<7ample= -his boo%8that boo% -he boo%

 Reported Speech

 Direct Speech   Indirect Speech

Statement 

Command/ Prohibition

Yes-No Question

WH (Informative) Question

Statement 

Command/ Prohibition

Yes-No Question

WH (Informative) Question