REPORTED SPEECH: REPORTED STATEMENTS

•When we want to say what someone has said we don’t normally use the exact words:

•Example: What did your mother say?

She said I had to be at home by ten that night

What were her actual words?

 You have to be home by ten tonight


WE CAN HAVE

REPORTED STATEMENTS

RPORTED QUESTIONS

REPORTED COMMANDS

REPORTED SUGGESTIONS

IN REPORTED STATEMENTS YOU WILL HAVE TO

Change pronouns

change other words  eg. today, that day; yesterday,the day before…..

change the verb. always moving it to the past:

present simple to past simple 

present continuous to past continuous

past simple, present perfect or past perfect to past perfect.

past continuous, present perfect continuous or past perfect continuous to past perfect continuous

Will to would, can to could…..must to had to

for more information, have a look at my ppt presentation