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    Tense Direct Speech Reported Speech

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    The document summarizes the rules for changing direct speech into reported speech in English. It provides examples of how to report statements, questions, and requests based on changes to pronouns, adverbs of time and place, and verb tense. Key changes include using "that" to report statements, changing pronouns like "I" to "she", and shifting verb tenses back in reported speech that occurred in the past.

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    The document summarizes the rules for changing direct speech into reported speech in English. It provides examples of how to report statements, questions, and requests based on changes to pronouns, adverbs of time and place, and verb tense. Key changes include using "that" to report statements, changing pronouns like "I" to "she", and shifting verb tenses back in reported speech that occurred in the past.

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    The document summarizes the rules for changing direct speech into reported speech in English. It provides examples of how to report statements, questions, and requests based on changes to pronouns, adverbs of time and place, and verb tense. Key changes include using "that" to report statements, changing pronouns like "I" to "she", and shifting verb tenses back in reported speech that occurred in the past.

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    The document summarizes the rules for changing direct speech into reported speech in English. It provides examples of how to report statements, questions, and requests based on changes to pronouns, adverbs of time and place, and verb tense. Key changes include using "that" to report statements, changing pronouns like "I" to "she", and shifting verb tenses back in reported speech that occurred in the past.

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    Tense Direct Speech Reported Speech

    present simple I like ice cream She said (that) she liked ice cream.
    present I am living in
    She said (that) she was living in London.
    continuous London
    She said (that) she had bought a car OR She
    past simple I bought a car
    said (that) she bought a car.
    past I was walking along She said (that) she had been walking along the
    continuous the street street.
    present
    I haven't seen Julie She said (that) she hadn't seen Julie.
    perfect
    I had taken English She said (that) she had taken English lessons
    past perfect*
    lessons before before.
    will I'll see you later She said (that) she would see me later.
    would* I would help, but..” She said (that) she would help but...
    I can speak perfect
    can She said (that) she could speak perfect English.
    English
    I could swim when I She said (that) she could swim when she was
    could*
    was four four.
    shall I shall come later She said (that) she would come later.
    I should call my
    should* She said (that) she should call her mother
    mother
    might* I might be late She said (that) she might be late
    I must study at the She said (that) she must study at the weekend
    must
    weekend OR She said she had to study at the weekend

    Reported Speech

    * doesn't change.

    Direct Question Reported Question


    Where is the Post Office, please? She asked me where the Post Office was.
    What are you doing? She asked me what I was doing.
    Who was that fantastic man? She asked me who that fantastic man had been.

    Direct Question Reported Question


    Do you love me? He asked me if I loved him.
    Have you ever been to
    She asked me if I had ever been to Mexico.
    Mexico?
    Are you living here? She asked me if I was living here.

    Direct Request Reported Request


    Please help me. She asked me to help her.
    Please don't smoke. She asked me not to smoke.
    Could you bring my book tonight? She asked me to bring her book that night.
    Could you pass the milk, please? She asked me to pass the milk.
    Would you mind coming early tomorrow? She asked me to come early the next day.
    To report a negative request, use 'not':

     Direct speech: Please don't be late.


     Reported speech: She asked us not to be late.

    Here's a table of some possible conversions:

    now then / at that time


    today yesterday / that day / Tuesday / the 27th of June
    the day before yesterday / the day before / Wednesday / the 5th of
    yesterday
    December
    last night the night before, Thursday night
    last week the week before / the previous week
    tomorro today / the next day / the following day / Friday
    w

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