reported speech

Reported speech

Is when we tell someone what another person said.

When we backshift, present simple changes to past simple..

* I travel a lot in my job.' RS: Jamila said that she travelled a lot in her job. *I like sushi. RS: *I like music. RS:

Present continuous changes to past continuous

The baby's sleeping!' RS: She said the baby was sleeping Our dog is playing. RS: They said their dog was playing. They are eating soup. RS: They said they were eating soup.

Present perfect changes to pp. I have hurt my leg.' RS: She said she had hurt her leg.. I have eaten my hamburguer. RS:He said he had eaten his hamburguer.

Direct speech: 'I love the Toy Story films. Indirect speech: She said she loved the TTF. Direct speech: 'I am workings as a waiter,. Indirect speech: He said he was working as a waiter. Direct speech: We have been in China. Indirect speech: They said that they had been in China.

past tenses

Reported speech

Past simple

I bought a car * Reported speech: She said (that) she had bought a car OR She said (that) she bought a car.

past continous

I was baking a cake for my birthday. Reported speech: She said that she had been baking a cake for her birthday.

past perfect

I had prepared a party .. Reported speech: She said that she had prepared a party.

modal verbs

will

I will go to the pharmacy. *Reported speech: He said that he would go to the pharmacy.

They will play the piano.

She said that they would play the piano.

can

I can prepare the meeting. *Reported speech: He said that he could prepare the meeting.

could

I could travel when I was a teenager! *Reported speech: she said that she could travel when she was a teenager.

should

I should study for my test! *Reported speech: He said that he should study for his test.

I should do my bed.

She said that she should do her bed.

must

I must pay the rent. *Reported speech: She said that she must pay the rent/She said she had to pay the rent.