1. Unit 11 Grammar Notes
Section 8 on Page 180

2. In addition to
verbs, certain other words
change in indirect speech.
To keep the speaker’s
original meaning, make
these changes as well:

3. 8.
Explanation Example(s)
pronouns and
possessive
adjectives other
forms
Jeremy said, “My boss
just promoted me.” 
Jeremy said that his
boss had just promoted
him.
“Are you waiting for
us?” she asked  She
asked whether I was
waiting for them.

4. 8.
Explanation Example(s)
this  that
these  those
Don asked, “Have you
read this book?”  Don
asked if I had read that
book.
Don asked, “Have you
read these books?” 
Don asked if I had read
those books.

5. 8.
Explanation Example(s)
here  there “Please be here for
the meeting,” Sally
asked.

Sally asked me to be
there for the
meeting.

6. 8.
Explanation Example(s)
now  then Mack said, “Alan’s
just arriving now.”

Mack said that
Alan was just
arriving then.

7. 8.
Explanation Example(s)
yesterday  the
day before
“I tried to see you
yesterday,” I told
Kayoko.

I told Kayoko that I
had tried to see her
the day before.

8. 8.
Explanation Example(s)
today  that day “I have been in
meetings today,”
Kayoko said.

Kayoko told me that
she had been in
meetings that day.

9. 8.
Explanation Example(s)
tomorrow  the
next day
OR
the day after
“I can see you
tomorrow,” said
Kayoko. 
Kayoko told me that
she could see me the
next day.