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Reported Speech and Tense Changes Guide

The document discusses reported or indirect speech. It provides examples of how to change verb tenses and other elements like time and place adverbs when changing from direct to reported speech. For example, present tenses change to past tenses, "now" becomes "then", and "tomorrow" becomes "the next day". However, if the direct speech refers to a fact or general truth, the verb tenses do not change in the reported speech. It also lists some common reporting verbs used to introduce reported statements like "say", "think", and "tell".

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Reported Speech and Tense Changes Guide

The document discusses reported or indirect speech. It provides examples of how to change verb tenses and other elements like time and place adverbs when changing from direct to reported speech. For example, present tenses change to past tenses, "now" becomes "then", and "tomorrow" becomes "the next day". However, if the direct speech refers to a fact or general truth, the verb tenses do not change in the reported speech. It also lists some common reporting verbs used to introduce reported statements like "say", "think", and "tell".

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Reported statements

НЕПРЯМА МОВА
УЗГОДЖЕННЯ ЧАСІВ
Reporting verbs: say, think
tell, explain,claim(заявляти, визнавати), belive,announce( доповідати),agree,
admit( визнавати)
Пряма
Reporting verbs is usually in theмова Непряма
Past simple( said, told, claimed, мова
agreed,thought)
Present simple Past simple
зміна часів [Link]. Past Cont.
Tense Changes in Reported Speech
Past Simple Past Perf.
[Link] Past Perf.
[Link] Past [Link]
Past Cont. Past [Link].
Will/ Can Would/Could
Be going to was/were going to
that часто не вживають після дієслів say, think
«I work in the shop»- [Link] past
simple
She said she worked in the shop- past simpleПряма мова Непряма мова
now then/on that day/at that time/
Зміна виразів місця і часу at the moment at the moment
today that day
This week That week
yesterday The day before
Last week The week before, the
previous week
ago Before/earlier

tomorrow The next day, the following day


Net week The following week
Here there
I finished my work yesterday He announced that he had finished his work the day before
«I’m working now.»- She claimed that she was working at that time.
«My mum has just made a cake». He told that his mum had just
made a cake
«We will go on holiday next month.»
They believed that they would go on holiday the following month.
But!!!! No Change in Verb Tenses in Reported Speech
If the reported sentence deals with a fact or general truth.
“ The capital of Ukraine is Kyiv!”
He announced that the capital of Ukraine is Kyiv
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