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Reported statements: other changes

In indirect speech the following words need to be changed when you report them

tomorrow

→

the next day/the following day

yesterday

→

the day before

here

→

there

this/that

→

the/that

this morning

→

that morning

today

→

that day

tonight

→

that night

next/on Monday

→

the following Monday

last Monday /weekend

→

the previous Monday/weekend

the day after tomorrow

→

in two days' time

ago

→

before/previously

last night

→

the night before

now

→

then/immediately

Exercise 20. Write these sentences in indirect speech changing words where necessary.

Example: "I'll see you tomorrow," Sarah said. Sarah said she would see me the next day.

1. "I can see you tomorrow," he told me.

2. "We're leaving this afternoon," they said.

3. "I saw him today," Christine said.

4. "I'll see my parents the day after tomorrow," Sue told her friend.

5. "We went to the theatre last weekend," they said.

6. "The wedding will take place next Friday," they told us.

7. "I dreamed of you last night," he said.

Reported questions: general and alternative questions

Tenses, adjectives, pronouns, etc. in reported questions change in the same way as in reported statements.

She asked if/whether I was comfortable.

Speaker's words

Reporting verb

Reported question

General and Alternative Questions

"Are you comfortable or not?"

"Do you go to church every Sunday?"

"Have you got all the necessary documents?"

"Are you enjoying yourselves?"

"Have you seen Ted recently?"

"Has Jackie been living here long?"

"Did you see James at the party?"

"Was Pete getting ready for the exam when you came in?"

"Had he solved the problem by Monday evening?"

"Will John and Ron be at the conference?"

"Will you be coming to the concert or not?

She asked

Helen didn't know

He wanted to know

Sue wondered

if

whether

I was comfortable or not.

I went to church every Sunday.

I had all the necessary documents.

We were enjoying ourselves.

I had seen Ted recently.

Jackie had been living there long.

I saw/had seen James at the party.

Pete had been getting ready for the exam when I came in.

He had solved the problem by Monday evening.

John and Ron would be at the conference.

I would be coming to the concert or not.

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