He said "I tried everything without success, but this new medicine is great"
He said he had tried everything without success but this new medicine is great
They said “We can’t go to the party tomorrow”
They said tthat they couldn't go to the party the next day
He asked me “Did you see John yesterday?”
He asked me if I had seen John the day before
How tenses change in reported (indirect) speech?
Most tenses in reported speech change to past tense
Dana told us: “I have been enjoying my job”
Dana told us that she’d been enjoying her job
Alua said "I love the Toy Story films"
Alua said she loved the Toy Story films
When do we use reported speech?
When we need to deliver, report someone's words to another people.
What is the difference between said and told?
when we use told we normally say who is spoken to, so we have to use it with a direct personal object. When we use say, we don’t normally indicate who is spoken
Dad said “Don’t drive so fast!”
Dad advised (told) me not to drive so fast
“I am working on thesis” I said
I said I was working on thesis
She ___ me they had lived in France for five years
told
How these modal verbs change in reported speech: may, can, must, should
might , could, have to, should
How these time words change in reported (indirect) speech : today, tomorrow, yesterday, the next week.
that day, the next day, the day before, the following week
James said “The baby is sleeping”
James said the baby was sleeping
He said “I worked as a waiter, before becoming a chef”
He said he had worked as a waiter before becoming a chef
Alice told us “I may become the head teacher”
Alice told us that she might become head teacher
Bob said “I enjoy working in my garden”
Bob said he enjoyed working in his garden
He said “I’ll phone you tomorrow”
He said he’d phone me the next day
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