10. 2.
add the subordinate “that”
(you may omit that if the meaning is clear without it)
Pamella said,
I want ice cream
Pamella said that
I want ice cream
11. 3.
change the verb tense if necessary
Pamella said that
I want ice cream
I wanted ice cream
{Follow the sequence of tense rules}
12. 4.
change pronouns
(and time expression if necessary)
to keep the sense of the original
Pamella said that
I want ice cream
She wanted ice cream
22. Sam mentioned,
“Today, I will eat chinese food,
and tomorrow I will eat french
food if I can find a good
restaurant.”
Sam mentioned that
Today he would eat chinese food
and that tomorrow he would eat
french food if he could find a
good restaurant.
36. Simple present Simple past
Simple past
present perfect
Past perfect
Will, can,
may, must
Would, could,
might, had to
Time expression
(right now)
Right then
38. The verb tense in quotation
mark DOES NOT change
When ...
39. ....the reporting verb is simple present,
present perfect, or future
...the reporting verb is according to
...the quoted information is a fact or
general truth.