reported speech O.o

We use Reported Speech...

• To talk about a finished completed action in the past.

• To describe an action that started in the past and is ongoing in the present.

• To talk about imaginary situations.

• To tell someone what you or another person said before.

Will changes to

• Can

• Could

• Would

• Present Simple

This always changes to

• These

• Those

• That

• Then

Would in reported speech

• Changes to Will

• Changes to Could

• Doesn't change

Now changes to :

• Now

• That

• Then

Tonight changes to

• That night

• The day before

• The following day

Here changes to

• There

• That

• This

Jane _________me there was nothing else we could do to help.

• SAID

• TOLD

Sheila ___________me not to leave the heater on all night.

• WARNED

• EXPLAINED

The chairperson ___________us that time was extremely short.

• MENTIONED

• REMINDED