This is a brief review of the Reported Speech in English.

1. THE REPORTED SPEECH

8. VERB TENSES 1) PRESENT SIMPLE  PAST SIMPLE “ I study English”, she said.  She said she studied English. 2) PRESENT CONTINOUS  PAST CONTINOUS “ I am studying English”.  She said she was studying English. 3) PAST SIMPLE  PAST PERFECT She said: “I studied English”.  She said she had studied English. 4) PRESENT PERFECT  PAST PERFECT “ I have studied English”.  She said she had studied English. Changes in reported speech (I)

9. 5) PAST CONTINOUS  PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS VERB TENSES Changes in reported speech (II) “ I was watching TV”, she said.  She said she had been watching TV. 6) PRESENT PERFECT CONTINOUS  PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS “ I have been watching TV”.  She said she had been watching TV. 7) FUTURE  CONDITIONAL “ I will watch TV”.  She said she would watch TV. ★ PAST PERFECT AND PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS DON’T CHANGE “ We had watched a film”, she said.  She said they had watched a film. “ We had been watching a film”.  She said they had been watching a film.

10. 6) MODAL VERBS CAN  COULD MAY  MIGHT MUST/HAVE TO  HAD TO  Changes in reported speech (III) VERB TENSES “ I can play the piano”.  He said he could play the piano. “ We may buy a new car”.  They said they might buy a new car. “ He must go to the doctor”.  She said he had to go to the doctor. ★ SHOULD, OUGHT TO, USED TO, WOULD, MIGHT in the Direct Speech DON’T CHANGE.

11. Changes in reported speech (IV) TIME AND PLACE ADVERBS AND EXPRESSIONS NOW  THEN/AT THAT MOMENT TODAY/TONIGHT  THAT DAY/ THAT NIGHT YESTERDAY  THE PREVIOUS DAY/ THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW  THE NEXT DAY, THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE DAY AFTER NEXT WEEK  THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE WEEK AFTER LAST YEAR  THE YEAR BEFORE, THE PREVIOUS YEAR A MONTH AGO  THE PREVIOUS MONTH, THE MONTH BEFORE HERE  THERE THIS  THAT THESE  THOSE

12. Changes in reported speech (V) PERSONAL PRONOUNS I  HE/SHE WE  THEY MY/ MINE  HIS, HER/HIS, HERS OUR/OURS  THEIR/THEIRS