REPORTED

SPEECH STATEMENTS

STEP BY STEP
 This is how we report statements.

“I am doing my homework now,” said Tom.

Tom said that he was doing his homework then.

Reporting
Again
References
Finally
Speakers
Tenses
references
don’t
verbs
are
to
move
forget
people
like
always
toback
“say,
people
tochange
remove
mentioned
into
tell,
change
the
explain…”
because
the
past.
at
because
speech
the
the
are
Now let’s take a look at some of
marks
In
used
beginning
We
this
Thein
need
(inverted
case
use
the
thepoint
of
the
to
of
Past
point
“that”
change
the
Present
commas)
Simple
ofsentence
of
view
isview
references
optional
Continuous
and
changes.
around
changed.
in
placed
the
into
the
English.
reported
after
becomes
times.
spoken
the
these changes in more detail.
“My”
“I” refers to Past
Tom,
Tom’s,
subject.
speech.
Continuous.
words.
sosowe wechange
changeit ittoto“he”.
“his”.
 TENSE CHANGES: present
make/makes made

am/is/are was/were
making making
has/have
had made
made
don’t/doesn’t didn’t
make make

Note that we only change the first verb from

present into past.
 TENSE CHANGES: past
went had gone

hadn’t
didn’t go
gone
was/were had been
going going

When the tense is past we need to add

had + past participle
Verbs already in the past perfect do not change.
TENSE CHANGES: modal verbs
can could

will would

may might

must or
must
had to

The past modals could, would, should and

might do not change.
CHANGES in PLACE & TIME
here there

this that/the

these those

now then

today that day

CHANGES in PLACE & TIME
tonight that night
the next day /
tomorrow the following
day
THAT’S ALL
the following
next week week
FOR NOW!

the day before/

yesterday the previous
day

the previous
last month month