Grammar: Time and Place in Reported Speech

time and place in reported speech what is reported speech reported speech occurs when you are telling someone what someone else said in most languages the words you are reporting do not change in form but in english they do words for both time and place change in reported speech fortunately reported speech in english follows fixed rules and generally there are no exceptions to these here we'll look at a few of these rules are you ready direct speech reported speech now then the children are playing outside now he said that the children were playing outside then today that day i've got a piano lesson today she said that she had got a piano lesson that day here there put the box here he told us to put the box there this that i shall be very busy this week she said she would be very busy that week tomorrow the following day the next day the day after i will leave for new york tomorrow she said that she would leave for new york the next day next week the following week the next week the week after i have an appointment next week she said that she had an appointment the following week yesterday the previous day the day before our english teacher quizzed us yesterday they said their english teacher had quizzed them the day before last week the previous week the week before we had an awful earthquake last week they told us that they had had an awful earthquake the previous week ago previously before the letter came a few days ago he said the letter had come a few days before tonight that night i'm going for a beer with carl tonight he said that he was going for a beer with carl that night practice these and you'll master them quickly do you have an exam tomorrow my friend said you had an exam the next day even so you still have time to learn these if you practice [Music] you

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Length: 8min 4sec (484 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 08 2021