Reported Speech

Reported speech is the ability to say a sentence in a way where you don't word exactly how it happened, altering the order of the phrase and changing the verb to a different verbal tense.

Marisa told me that she has a beautiful dog at her house . . .

But. . .

How can we form it?

I have a beautiful dog in my house! . . .

Example:

Present Simple

"I don't know if Jessica goes to gymnastics"", said Ana..

Past Simple

Present Simple

Ana told me that she didn't know if Jessica goes to gymnastics.

Past Simple

Example:

Present

Past Continuous

Present Continuous

"We are at the cinema right now"", said David.

Past Continuous

Continuous

David said that they were on the cinema at that moment.

Example:

"If we just turned off the TV last night..."", said my dad.

Pa st Perfect Simple

Past Simple

Past Simple

Past Perfect Simple

My dad told us that if we had just turned off the TV last night...

Example:

Pa st Perfect Continuous

Present Continuous

"If he was at school, it means the teacher assisted to class", said Jon.

Past

Past Continuous

Jon said that if he ha.d been at school it meant the teacher had assisted to class.

Continuous

Example:

Augustus said, "are the wasps gone now?".

Present Perfect Simple

Past Perfect Simple

Present Perfect Simple

Past Perfect Simple

Augustus told me if the wasps had gone then.

Example:

Past Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Continuous

"So, what has been saying Elizaheth about it?"", said Jack.

Past Perfect Continuous

Jack asked me what had been saying Elizabeth about it.

In the case of ·Past Perfect Simple· and ·Past Perfect Continuous· they don't suffer any changes.

Modal Verbs

We must change as well ,so that we make the sentence correctly.

• Could
• Might
• Should
• Must
• Would

• Can
• May
• Must
• Shall
• Will

Now, let's check some adverbs that changes depending on the verbal tense:

• That day / That night.
• That day / week / month / year
• The next day.
• The following day / week / month / year.
• The previous day / The day before.
• The previous week / month / year
• At that moment / Then
• There

• Today / Tonight.
• This day / week / month / year.
• Tomorrow.
• Next day / week / month / year.
• Yesterday.
• Last week / month / year.
• Now.
• Here.

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