REPORTED STATEMENTS

REPORTED STATEMENTS

1. when do we use it?

   • It is the way you can tell, explain, write or say something in your own words, change the verb tense to the past.
   • it's used to communicate the message of what was actually said in a more consice manner
   • Exeptions
     • there are not change if:
       • 1. The reporting verb is in the present tense
       • 2. The statement is still true

2. Transformation forTenses

   • Direct Speech
     • Present simple
       • Present continuous
         • Past simple
           • Present perfect
             • Past perfect
               • "I haven't expected a pay rise""
             • "I haven't eaten cake for a week"
           • "It was a great evening
         • "The sun is shining"
       • "I'm hungry"
   • Reported speech
     • Past simple
       • Past continuous
         • Past perfect
           • "She said she haven't expected a pay rise"
           • "She said it had been a great evening
           • "She said she hadn' eaten cake for a week"
         • "He said the sun was shining"
       • "She said she was hungry
   • "go back one tense"

3. Transformation for modal verbs

   • Direct Speech
     • Will
       • Can
         • May
           • Must
             • Shall
   • Reported Speech
     • Would
       • Could
         • Might
           • Had to
             • Should

4. Time and place references

   • Direct Speech
     • Yesterday
       • Today
         • Tomorrow
           • Next week
             • Now
               • Here
                 • this
                   • these
                     • ago/last
   • Reported Speech
     • The day before
       • That day
         • The next/ following
           • The following week
             • Then
               • There
                 • That
                   • Those
                     • before/previous