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Reported Speech: What Shall We Change?

This document discusses how to change verbs and other elements when reporting something that was said in the past. It states that the tense of verbs usually needs to change to the past tense, and provides examples of how to change pronouns, places, times, and verb tenses like simple past, present perfect, and modal verbs, when turning direct into reported speech.

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Reported Speech: What Shall We Change?

This document discusses how to change verbs and other elements when reporting something that was said in the past. It states that the tense of verbs usually needs to change to the past tense, and provides examples of how to change pronouns, places, times, and verb tenses like simple past, present perfect, and modal verbs, when turning direct into reported speech.

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REPORTED SPEECH

What shall we change?


When reporting speech the tense usually changes. This is because when we use reported speech, we are usually talking about a time in the past (because obviously the person who spoke originally spoke in the past). The verbs therefore usually have to be in the past too. pronouns I we he/she they

my our

his/her their

this these

that those

myself ourselves verb to be am are is

himself/herself themselves

was were was

was/were

had been

time and place here now today tomorrow yesterday tonight last week there then/at that time that day the next/following day the day before/ the previous day that night the previous week/the week before

next week

the next week/the following week three days before/three days earlier

three days ago tenses Present Simple verb

Past Simple verb+ed/II verb form did didnt didnt

do/does dont

doesnt

Present Continuous am/is are

Past Continuous was were

Present Perfect

Past Perfect verb+ed /III verb form had

verb+ed /III verb form have/has

Past Simple

Past Perfect verb+ed /III verb form had eg. I lost my wallet. I said that I had lost my wallet.

verb+ed /II verb form did

Future Simple will

Future in the Past would

modal verbs should may can should may could had to had to

have to must

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