THE REPORTED SPEECH

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CHANGESVERB TENSES

SIMPLE PRESENT • SIMPLE PAST

• PRESENT CONTINUOUS • PAST CONTINUOUS

• SIMPLE PAST • PAST PERFECT

• PRESENT PERFECT • PAST PERFECT

• PAST PERFECT• PAST PERFECT

• FUTURE • CONDITIONAL

• TO-INFINITIVE• IMPERATIVE

CHANGESPRONOUNS AND DETERMINERS

I HE / SHE• YOU • I / HE / SHE• HE / SHE / IT • HE / SHE / IT

• WE • THEY

• YOU • YOU / WE• THEY• THEY

CHANGES(CONT.)

MY HIS / HER• YOUR • YOUR / MY / HIS / HER

• HIS / HER / ITS • HIS / HER / ITS

• OUR • THEIR

•YOUR

•THEIR / YOUR / OUR•THEIR •THEIR

CHANGESOTHER WORDS

HERE THERE• THAT• THOSE• THEN

• THIS• THESE• NOW• TODAY • THAT DAY• TONIGHT • THAT NIGHT

• TOMORROW• THE NEXT DAY / THE

FOLLOWING DAY

• YESTERDAY • THE DAY BEFORE

• NEXT WEEK • THE FOLLOWING WEEK• LAST WEEK • THE WEEK BEFORE

• AGO • BEFORE

EXERCISES

WHAT DID SHE SAY?

IF I LEAVE THE HOUSE NOW, I WILL NOT MEET MR JONES.

SHE SAID THAT IF SHE LEFT THE HOUSE THEN SHE WOULD NOT MEET MR JONES

PETER TOLD ME THAT SARAH THOUGHT THAT THE BIGGEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD WAS THE WHALE

SARAH THINKS THAT THE BIGGEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD

IS THE WHALE.

HE ORDERED THEM TO STOP FIGHTING

STOP FIGHTING!

“It is clear that he has been most unwise”, Tom told peter.

Tom told peter that it was clear that he had been most unwise.

• “I like my school”, she said.

• She said that she liked her school.

• “They don’t know the school rules”, he said.

• He said that they didn’t know the school rules.

• “She has published a novel yesterday”, I said.

• I said that she had published a novel the day before.

• “The farmers are facing difficult problems in this place.”, we said.

• We said that the farmers were facing difficult problems in that place.

• “We will be home tomorrow”, she said.

• She said that they would be home the next day.

• “We have completed our task two days ago”, they said.

• They said that they had completed their task two days before.• “Drive fast

because I don’t want to be late”, I asked him.

• I asked him to drive fast because I didn’t want to be late.