REPORTED SPEECH

Retell what someone else has said:

Alex told me that he went to the park.

What can
we report? Tense
Statements changes
Yes-no questions
Present simple --> Past Simple
wh-questions Present Continuous --> Past Continuous
orders Pr. Perfect --> Past Perfect
Requests Past Simple --> Past Perfect
Will --> Would
Offers Can --> could
Suggestions May --> Might
Must --> Had to
Have to --> Had to

Reporting
Expressions verbs
- Explain, add, announce, tell,
Today --> that day say, admit, complain, promise,
Yesterday --> the day before answer, shout
Tomorrow --> the -Wonder, want to know, ask,
next/following day enquire
A year/week ago --> a
-Order, warn, instruct, remind,
year/week before
This/ these --> that/those
shout, demand
Here --> There -Ask, beg
My / I --> Her/His // He/She -Suggest, recommend, advise

+ Info ++ Info
-Reported orders, requests, offers (order tell):
- Say/tell/ask - that/ if / whether He told me to be quiet.
TELL + CI + THAT He told me not to eat that.
SAY + TO + CI + THAT -Suggestions (suggest, recommend) He
suggested that I use the pen.
-If it is a general truth, we don't
He suggested using the pen.
change the tense -Reported questions (yes-no request) --> If/
-Wh-questions whether
Subj. + asked + wh- + Subj + verb Subj. + asked if/whether + subj + verb
He asked if we recycled.
He asked what I was doing