Задание

Match the tenses in direct and indirect speech

Reported speech

It is used to report other people's words. Reported speech can be direct and indirect.

Direct speech:

"I don't think I have ever been here before. I didn't visit this place last year," said Laura.

Indirect speech:

Laura said that she didn't think she had ever been there before. She hadn't visited that place the previous year.

When reporting somebody's words in indirect speech, we need to change:

tenses;

pronouns;

tense;

place.

Tense and modal verbs changes:

Direct speech

Indirect speech

Present Simple

Past Simple

Present Continuous

Past Continuous

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

am/is/are going to

was/were going to

will

would

Past Simple

Past Perfect

Past Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

can

could

may

might

must/have to

had to

The tense is not changed:

Direct speech

Indirect speech

Past Perfect

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

Determiner changes:

Direct speech

Indirect speech

this

that

these

those

Time and place changes:

Direct speech

Indirect speech

now

then

yesterday

the day before

last week

the week before

ago

before

next week

the following week

tomorrow

the following day

tonight

that night

here

there

Grammar rules

Tense and modal verbs changes

Direct speech — Indirect speech

can

may

am/is/are going to

Present Perfect Continuous

Present Simple

will

Past Simple/Present Perfect

Present Continuous

must/have to

Past Simple

had to

Past Perfect

could

was/were going to

would

Past Perfect Continuous

Past Continuous

might

Determiner changes

Direct speech — Indirect speech

these

this

those

that

Tense and place changes

Direct speech — Indirect speech

now

here

ago

tomorrow

yesterday

tonight

last week

next week

the following week

then

the week before

the following day

the day before

before

that night

there