Reported Speech - statements

Reporting Statements When transforming statements, check whether you have to change:pronounstenseplace and time expression1 PronounsIn reported speech, you often have to change the pronoun depending on who says what.John: "I will help you." ⇒ He said that he would help me.2 TensesIf the sentence starts in the present, there is no change of tenses in reported speech. John: "Little Bobby won't miss me." ⇒ Johnsays little Bobby won't miss him.If the sentence starts in the past,there is always backshift of tenses in reported speech.Backshift means you change the tense in the sentence one tense back, e.g. present simple to past simple. John: "Little Bobby won't miss me." ⇒ John said little Bobby wouldn't miss him.Take a look at this table with the backshift rules and write them down in your notebook.If you are not sure how you should change the tenses, watch this video about tense changes in reported speech. b) Match the tenses. Simple Present: 'I love watching movies' Simple Past: She said she loved watching movies. Present Continuous: 'Julia is writing a letter' Past Continuous: He said she was writing a letter. Present Perfect: 'I have had my phone for 3 years' Past Perfect: Samuel said he had had his phone for 3 years. Simple Past: 'We went to the cinema' Past Perfect: They said they had gone to the cinema c) Match the sentences: Modals and Past Perfect Past Perfect: I had eaten an apple that day. Past Perfect: He said he had eaten an apple that day Modals: 'I can drive a truck' Modals: She said she could drive a car Modals: 'You must do your homework' Modals: The teacher said we had to do our homework. Modals: 'We will never forget going to Disney' Modals: They said they would never forget going to Disney Do you remember that we also need to change place and time expressions too?Here are the rules: 3 Place, demonstratives and time expressionsPlace, demonstratives and time expressions change if the context of the reported statement (i.e. the location and the period of time) is different from that of the direct speech. Write this down in your notebook. Let's practice. Time references Match the words today that day now then next week the following week last week the week before / the previous week ago previously Place and time references + demonstratives. Match here there this that these those tonight that night tomorrow the next day yesterday the previous day This exercise combines everything you have learned today.Change these statements into reported speech. Don't use contractions (don't ⇒ do not) 1. 'I am not going to this café again.'I thought you said that you were not going to that cafe again.2. 'I sent you an email this morning.'Jackson told me that he had sent me an email that morning. .3. 'I hope to see both of you here tomorrow.'Jenny told us that she hoped to see both of us there the next day. (don't use 'following')4. She said to him and his friend: I may be able to give both of you a job this summer. She told them that she mightbe able to give both of them a job that summer.5. We do not want anyone to visit us until we've finished painting our house.They said that they did not wantanyone to visit them until they had finishedpainting their house. Sources:Headway pre-intermediate, OUPyoutubewww.test-englishgoogle image libraryisl.collective* Audio adapted from Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl