THE REPORTED SPEECH ? CHANGES VERB TENSES • PRESENT CONTINUOUS • SIMPLE PAST • PAST CONTINUOUS • SIMPLE PAST • PAST PERFECT • PRESENT PERFECT • PAST PERFECT • PAST PERFECT • PAST PERFECT • FUTURE • CONDITIONAL • IMPERATIVE • TO-INFINITIVE SIMPLE PRESENT CHANGES PRONOUNS AND DETERMINERS I • YOU • HE / SHE / IT • WE • YOU • THEY HE / SHE • I / HE / SHE • HE / SHE / IT • THEY • YOU / WE • THEY CHANGES (CONT.) MY • YOUR • HIS / HER / ITS • OUR •YOU R•THEIR HIS / HER • YOUR / MY / HIS / HER • HIS / HER / ITS • THEIR •THEIR / YOUR / OUR •THEIR CHANGES OTHER WORDS • • • • • HERE THIS THESE NOW TODAY TONIGHT • TOMORROW • YESTERDAY • NEXT WEEK • LAST WEEK • AGO THERE • THAT • THOSE • THEN • THAT DAY • THAT NIGHT • THE NEXT DAY / THE FOLLOWING DAY • THE DAY BEFORE • THE FOLLOWING WEEK • THE WEEK BEFORE • BEFORE EXERCISES IF I LEAVE THE HOUSE NOW, I WILL NOT MEET MR JONES WHAT DID SHE SAY? SHE SAID THAT IF SHE LEFT THE HOUSE THEN SHE WOULD NOT MEET MR JONES SARAH THINKS THAT THE BIGGEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD IS THE WHALE PETER TOLD ME THAT SARAH THOUGHT THAT THE BIGGEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD WAS THE WHALE STOP FIGHTING! HE ORDERED THEM TO STOP FIGHTING “It is clear that he has been most unwise”, Tom told peter Tom told peter that it was clear that he had been most unwise • “I like my school”, she said • She said that she liked her school • “They don’t know the school rules”, he said • He said that they didn’t know the school rules • “She has published a novel yesterday”, I said • I said that she had published a novel the day before • We said that the • “The farmers are farmers were facing difficult facing difficult problems in this problems in that place.”, we said place • She said that they • “We will be home would be home tomorrow”, she the next day said • “We have • They said that completed our they had task two days completed their ago”, they said task two days • “Drive fast • I asked him to before because I don’t drive fast because want to be late”, I I didn’t want to be asked him late