10.1 reported speech direct speech (actual words) reported speech always buy organic He said (that) he always bought organic ‘I food.’ food. going to see my mother She told me she was going to see her ‘I’m mother the next day. tomorrow.’ passed my He said he had passed his exams ‘I’ve exams.’ saw her at the They said they had seen her at the station ‘We station.’ meet you He said he would meet me there. ‘I’ll here.’ hear She said she hear me ‘I can’t you.’ couldn’t 'We might be They said they might be late late.’ must leave at He said he had to leave at midday ‘I midday.’ Use reported speech to report what someone said earlier. After a past tense reporting verb, e.g. said, told, etc., the original verb often moves one tense back (this is sometimes called ‘backshifting’). There may be other changes to pronouns, possessive adjectives, and to references of time or place. She said she would go. ‘I’ll go.’ —> my He said it was his car. ‘It’s car.’ —> see you They said they would see us the next day. ‘We’ll tomorrow.’ —> be She said she would be there. ‘I’ll here.’ —> Must changes to had to, but change. mustn’t doesn’t be They said they be late. NOT They said they ‘We mustn’t late.’ —> mustn’t have to be late. didn’t
10.1 reported speech direct speech (actual words) reported speech ‘I always buy organic food.’ He said (that) he always bought organic food. ‘I’m going to see my mother tomorrow.’ She told me she was going to see her mother the next day. ‘I’ve passed my exams.’ He said he had passed his exams ‘We saw her at the station.’ They said they had seen her at the station ‘I’ll meet you here.’ He said he would meet me there. ‘I can’t hear you.’ She said she couldn’t hear me 'We might be late.’ They said they might be late ‘I must leave at midday.’ He said he had to leave at midday Use reported speech to report what someone said earlier. After a past tense reporting verb, e.g. said, told, etc., the original verb often moves one tense back (this is sometimes called ‘backshifting’). There may be other changes to pronouns, possessive adjectives, and to references of time or place. ‘I’ll go.’ —> She said she would go. ‘It’s my car.’ —> He said it was his car. ‘We’ll see you tomorrow.’ —> They said they would see us the next day. ‘I’ll be here.’ —> She said she would be there. Must changes to had to, but mustn’t doesn’t change. ‘We mustn’t be late.’ —> They said they mustn’t be late. NOT They said they didn’t have to be late.
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