REPORTED SPEECH
Immediately: Present tense Introductory verb:
Says, asks, tells, say, tell, ask... Changes: 1+3 |
Later: Past tense Introductory Verb:
said, told, asked... Changes: 1+2+3+4 |
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What are the
changes? |
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1. Personal pronouns |
2. Words indicating
time |
3. Other words. |
4. Verb one step into
the past. |
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I |
he/she |
today |
that day |
here |
there |
Present Indefinite Tense |
Past Indefinite Tense |
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me |
him/her |
tomorrow |
The next /following
day |
this |
that |
is |
was |
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mine |
his/hers |
yesterday |
the day before/ previous day |
these |
those |
are |
were |
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our |
their |
last week |
the week
before/previous week |
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has/have |
had |
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we |
they |
next week |
the following week |
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write/writes |
wrote |
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us |
them |
now |
then |
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does/do not write |
did not write |
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you |
he/she |
ago |
before |
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Present Continuous Tense |
Past Continuous Tense |
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is writing |
was writing |
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are writing |
were
writing |
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Present Perfect Tense |
Past Perfect Tense |
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has/have been |
had been |
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has/have written |
had written |
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has/have had |
had had |
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Past Indefinite Tense |
Past Perfect |
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was/were |
had been |
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had |
had had |
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wrote |
had written |
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Past Perfect Tense |
Past Perfect Tense |
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had written |
had written |
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