REPORTED SPEECH(INDIRECT SPEECH)

PRESENT REPORTING VERBDIRECT SPEECH

I go to school

PRESENT

I go to the theatre

PPESENTINDIRECT SPEECH

The teacher says (that) she goes to school

PRESENT

The teacher said she went to the theatre

PAST

REPORTING VERB IN THE PASTSOME CHANGES HAPPEN WHEN TURNING THE DIRECT SPEECH INTO INDIRECT SPEECH IF THE REPORTING VERB IS IN THE PAST TENSE

TENSE CHANGESDIRECT SPEECHINDIRECT SPEECHPRESENT SIMPLE PAST SIMPLEI watch TVShe said she watched TVPRESENT CONTPAST CONTI am watching TVShe said she was watching TVPRESENT PERF SPAST PERF S I have watched TVShe said she had watched TVPRESENT PERF CONTPAST PERF CONTI have been watching TVShe said she had been watching TV

TENSE CHANGESDIRECT SPEECHINDIRECT SPEECHPAST SIMPLE PAST PERF SI watched TVShe said she had watched TVPAST CONTINUOUSPAST PERF CONTI was watching TVShe said she had been watching PAST PERF SPAST PERF SI had watched TV------ // --------PAST PERF CONTPAST PERF CONTI had been watching TV--------//--------

TENSE CHANGESFUTUREFUTURE IN THE PASTI will watch TVShe said she would watch TV

IMPERATIVE INFINITIVEGo home!She told me to go homeDont shout!She told me not to shout

MODAL VERBSCANCOULDMAY MIGHTSHALLSHOULDWILL WOULDMUSTMUST

REPORTING QUESTIONDS: Do you watch TV?IS: She asked me if I liked TV

DS: Are you watching TV?IS: She asked me if I was watching TV

DS: What are you doing?IS: She asked me what I was doing.

OTHER CHANGESYESTERDAYTHE DAY BEFORE /THE PREVIOUS DAYYESTERDAY EVENING THE EVENING BEFORE / THE PREVIOUS EVENINGTHE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY TWO DAYS BEFORE

LAST WEEK - THE WEEK BEFORENOW THENTODAYTHAT DAYTHISTHATTOMORROW THE NEXT DAYNEXT WEEKTHE NEXT WEEK

REPORTING VERBSSAYSTATECOMPLAINTELLADDPROMISEREMARKADMITSHOUTINFORMCLAIMWHISPEREXPLAINREGRETCONFESSREPEATSUGGESTREMINDWARNANNOUNCE DECLAREDENY