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Changes in Pronouns for Reported Speech

The document provides instructions for summarizing direct speech (quoted statements) into reported speech (indirect statements). It discusses several key changes that must be made including: 1) Changing pronouns like I, me, my to refer to the person who originally spoke. 2) Changing words indicating time or place like today, yesterday, here based on a conversion chart provided. 3) Maintaining the proper word order of subject, reporting verb, quote, changes to pronouns/words when reporting the statement. 4) Changing commands to the infinitive form and requests/suggestions to "tell" or "ask."

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Changes in Pronouns for Reported Speech

The document provides instructions for summarizing direct speech (quoted statements) into reported speech (indirect statements). It discusses several key changes that must be made including: 1) Changing pronouns like I, me, my to refer to the person who originally spoke. 2) Changing words indicating time or place like today, yesterday, here based on a conversion chart provided. 3) Maintaining the proper word order of subject, reporting verb, quote, changes to pronouns/words when reporting the statement. 4) Changing commands to the infinitive form and requests/suggestions to "tell" or "ask."

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Step 1 - THE GRAMMAR part 1

You have to use indirect speech / reported speech if you want to encase the .uoted sentence into a sentence. In this case there are going to /e several changes in the .uoted sentence.
Changes: &irst, we are going to learn how to .uote a sentence in the present. In these cases you dont have to go /ac1 a tense, /ut there are other necessary changes you have to do. *ets loo1 at these first.

B) Change the pronouns: X says to Y In reported speech you have to change I, me, my, mine, myself, / we, us, our, ours, ourselves if X isnt I or we. YOU H !" #O $O%&O'( I O' )" #O X. *ets see two e+amples,
)e are friends.

A) Look at the ta !e e!o" "h#$h $onta#ns the a%&er s o' t#(e an% p!a$e that you ha&e to $hange #n reporte% spee$h) At the en% o' the !#st there are t"o &er s that $an e $hange%) *#re$t spee$h Reporte% spee$h this / these here now today tonight yesterday tomorrow the day after tomorrow the day /efore yesterday this 0wee12 last 0month2 ne+t 0year2 two days ago ago come /ring that / those there then, at that time that day that night the day /efore, the previous day the ne+t day, the following day in two days time two days /efore that 0wee12 the 0month2 /efore, the previous 0month2 the ne+t 0year2, the following 0year2 two days /efore /efore go ta1e

I am a studen t.

(ary says to -eter she is a student. (ary says to -eter they are friends.

In reported speech you have to change you, your, yours, yourself and yourselves if Y isnt you. YOU H !" #O $O%&O'( YOU #O Y. *ets see an e+ample,
You are a teacher.

(ary says to -eter he is a teacher.

C) The or%er o' the reporte% state(ents) )hen you encase the .uoted sentence, you have to use the following order,
Su +e$t , -re%#$ate .(o%a! &er #' ne$essary , &er ) , / +e$t , A%&er s .p!a$e0 t#(e 1)

*) The or%er o' the reporte% 2uest#on)

Yes-no 2uest#on:
"hether 3#' , Su +e$t , -re%#$ate .(o%a! &er #' ne$essary , &er ) , / +e$t , A%&er s .p!a$e0 t#(e)

*ets see two e+amples, Yesterday I went to the shop. (ary says to -eter she "ent to the shop the %ay e'ore) %ow I am drawing a flower into my note/oo1. (ary says to -eter she #s %ra"#ng a '!o"er #nto her note ook then)

*ets see two e+amples, 3o you li1e chocolate4 (ary as1s -eter "hether3#' he !#kes $ho$o!ate) Have you ever /een to 5cotland4 (ary as1s -eter "hether3#' he has e&er een to S$ot!an%)

4h-2uest#on:
E) The or%er o' the reporte% $o((an%s 3 suggest#ons 3 re2uests You have to change the ver/ into #O8I%&I%I#I!". If it is a negative command you have to change it into %O#8 #O8I%&I%I#I!". *ets see two e+amples, 9o to your room. (ary tells the children to go to their room. 3ont watch late night films. (ary tells the children not to watch late night films.
4h-2uest#on pronoun , Su +e$t , -re%#$ate .(o%a! &er #' ne$essary , &er ) , / +e$t , A%&er s .p!a$e0 t#(e)

*ets see two e+amples, )here do you usually /uy food4 (ary as1s -eter "here he usua!!y uys 'oo%) )hy have you /ought this camera4 (ary as1s -eter "hy he has ought that $a(era) 6" $ '"&U*7 You have to leave out 5%o60 5%oes6 and 5%#%6 if there isnt negation in the sentence.

#he most common used ver/ to introduce a reported command is 7te!!8. If there is :please in the direct command, you have If the person is mentioned in to use 7ask8 and leave out :please. the direct command, you have to write it into the introduction. e.g., -!ease, dont give up. e.g., Ch#!%ren0 drin1 your ;uice. He asks me not to give up. (other tells the $h#!%ren to drin1
their ;uice.

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