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REPORTED SPEECHStatements
The verb shifts back into the pastSheila: I am having a party on Saturday
Pres. contReported: She said she was having a party
Past cont.
BACKSHIFT OF TENSES
PRESENT SIMPLE PAST SIMPLEPRESENT CONTINUOUS PAST CONTINUOUS
PRESENT PERFECT PAST PERFECT PAST SIMPLE PAST PERFECT / PAST SIMPLE
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUSPAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT
FUTURE SIMPLE CONDITIONAL SIMPLE(...)
REPORTED SPEECHStatements
MODAL VERBS
CAN COULDSHALL SHOULD
SHOULD SHOULDMUST HAD TO
MAY MIGHTMIGHT MIGHTWILL WOULD
REPORTING VERBS
SAY: She said she was goingTELL: She told me she was going
IND.
REPORTED SPEECHQuestions
1) Yes / No QuestionsThere are some steps which are the same as in statements (changing of the person, backshift of
tenses, changing of expressions of time).In Reported speech the question becomes a statement.
Word order is: subject – verb - complementsDid he travel there?
She asked IF he had travelled there
2) Wh- / How Questions When are you leaving?
She asked when she was leavingWhere can we go?
She asked where they could go
REPORTING VERBSAsk: He asked me where I live
He asked how much it was
REPORTED SPEECHOrders
1) Aff irmative commands
tel l + to + inf ini t ive.Father: "Do your homework.“
Father told me to do my homework.
2) Negative commands
tel l + NOT + to + infinit ive.Teacher. "Don't talk to your neighbour.“
The teacher told me not to talk to my neighbour.
REPORTING VERBSAsk: He asked me to stop talkingTell: He told me not to go there
REPORTED SPEECHHere-and-now words
This (evening) that (evening)These thoseHere thereNow then
Today That dayTonight that night
Yesterday the day before / the day beforeLast night the night before
Last weekend the weekend before / the previous weekend 2 days ago 2 days before
Tomorrow the next/following daynext (week) the following (week)
REPORTED SPEECHHere-and-now words
This (evening) that (evening)These thoseHere thereNow then
Today That dayTonight that night
Yesterday the day before / the day beforeLast night the night before
Last weekend the weekend before / the previous weekend 2 days ago 2 days before
Tomorrow the next/following daynext (week) the following (week)