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The most common changes in Reported Speech: Today "I saw him today", she said.

Yesterday "I saw him yesterday", she said. The day before yesterday "I met her the day before yesterday", he said. Tomorrow "I'll see you tomorrow", he said The day after tomorrow "We'll come the day after tomorrow", they said. Next week/month/year "I have an appointment next week", she said. Last week/month/year "I was on holiday last week", he told us. ago "I saw her a week ago," he said. this (for time) "I'm getting a new car this week", she said. this/that (adjectives) "Do you like this shirt?" he asked here He said, "I live here". now that day She said that she had seen him that day. the day before She said that she had seen him the day before. two days before He said that he had met her two days before. the next/following day He said that he would see me the next day. in two days time/ two days later They said that they would come in two days time/ two days later. the following week/month/year She said that she had an appointment the following week. the previous/week/month/year He told us that he had been on holiday the previous week. before He said he had seen her a week before. that She said she was getting a new car that week. the He asked if I liked the shirt. there He told me he lived there. then/ at that time

Other changes:
In general, personal pronouns change to the third person singular or plural, except when the speaker reports his own words: I/me/my/mine, you/your/yours we/us/our/ours, you/your/yours He said: "I like your new car." him/his/her/hers they/their/theirs:

He told her that he liked her new car. I said that I was going to my friend's house.

I said: "I'm going to my friend's house."

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