REPORTED SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH

We use reported speech when we want to tell someone what another person said.

Verb Forms

Tense Change

Time and Place

Verb Tense | Direct Speech| Verb Tense| Indirect speech|

Present I am exhausted Past He said that Simple Simple he was exhausted

Present I'm studying Past She told me that

Continuos Continuos she was studying

Past I loved the concert Past He told me that

Simple Perfect he had loved the concert

Present I have never been Past She said that

Perfect to Rome Perfect she'd never been to Rome

Will-> Would

Can-> Could

Must/Have to->Must or Had to

May/Might -> Might

Should-> Should

Ought to-> Ought to

Now -> Then

Today -> That day

Yesterday->The day before

..Days ago-> ..Days before

Last week-> The week before

Next year->The following year

Tomorrow-> The next day

Here-> There

These->Those

This-> That

Ago->Previosly/before

Tonight->That nigh

REPORTED SPEECH

INGLES C2 GROUP 06

YOSELIN RETAMA CORNEJO