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Reported Speech

The document explains the transformation of direct speech into reported speech, detailing changes in verb tenses and pronouns. It provides examples for various tenses, such as present simple to past simple and future simple to future-in-the-past. Additionally, it lists time expressions that change when converting direct speech to reported speech.

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Reported Speech

The document explains the transformation of direct speech into reported speech, detailing changes in verb tenses and pronouns. It provides examples for various tenses, such as present simple to past simple and future simple to future-in-the-past. Additionally, it lists time expressions that change when converting direct speech to reported speech.

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Direct speech: ЧОЛОВІК: “Я КУПУЮ ХЛІБ В ЦЬОМУ МАГАЗИНІ”

A Man: “I buy bread in this shop”

Reported speech: Чоловік сказав, що він купує хліб в цьому


магазині A Man said that he bought bread in that shop.

Said/told

Direct speech - REPORTED SPEECH

PRESENT SIMPLE - PAST SIMPLE


MARY: “ I VISIT THE PARK” - MARY SAID THAT SHE VISITED THE PARK
PRESENT CONTINUOUS - PAST CONTINUOUS
STEVE: ”SHE IS CRYING NOW” - STEVE SAID THAT SHE WAS CRYING THEN
PRESENT PERFECT - PAST PERFECT
HIS FRIEND: “ WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT TV” - HIS FRIEND SAID THAT THEY HAD
SPOKEN ABOUT TV
PAST SIMPLE - PAST PERFECT
THEY: “ WE DANCED AT NIGHT” - THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD DANCED AT NIGHT
FUTURE SIMPLE - FUTURE -IN - THE- PAST
WILL WOULD
PARENTS: “ YOU WILL NOT GO OUT WITH THAT BOY” - PARENTS SAID THAT
I WOULD NOT GO OUT WITH THAT BOY
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS - PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
A TEACHER: “ WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS PROJECT TILL TODAY’S NOON” - A
TEACHER SAID THAT WE HAD BEEN DOING THAT PROJECT TILL TODAY’S NOON.

CAN - COULD
My friend:” I CAN RIDE A BIKE” - MY FRIEND SAID THAT HE COULD RIDE A
BIKE MUST - HAD TO
SARAH: “SHE MUST GO OUT” - SARAH TOLD THAT SHE HAD TO GO OUT
HAVE TO - HAD TO
MAY - MIGHT
SHE: “ I MAY SPEAK FRENCH TODAY” - SHE TOLD THAT SHE MIGHT SPEAK
FRENCH TODAY

DIRECT SPEECH - REPORTED SPEECH

TODAY - THAT DAY


YESTERDAY - THE DAY BEFORE
TOMORROW - THE NEXT DAY
TWO DAYS AGO - TWO DAYS BEFORE
THIS - THAT
THESE - THOSE
NOW - THEN
HERE - THERE
TONIGHT- THAT NIGHT
LAST YEAR - THE YEAR BEFORE
NEXT - THE NEXT/ THE
FOLLOWING

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