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UNIT 7 REPORTED SPEECH
Present Simple UNIT7 REPORTED SPEECH Reported Speech “He lives in the street.” She said that he lived in the street. Present Continuous “He is living in the street.” She said that he was living in the street. Past Simple “He lived in the street.” She said that he had lived in the street. Past Continuous “He was living in the street.” She said that he had been living in the street. Present Perfect Simple “He has lived in the street.” She said that he had lived in the sueet. Present Perfect Continuous “He has been living in the street.” She said that he had been living in the street. Past Perfect Simple “He had lived in the street.” She said that he had lived in the street. Past Perfect Continuous “He had been living in the street.” She said that he had been living in the street. Future Simple “He will live in the street.” She said that he would live in the street. Change of modal can could now may might today must / have to must / had to tonight will would sterd: last week a month tomorrow next week here this these Reported speech is used to express what someone said without quoting his / her exact words. Reported statements To express in the present tense what someone just said, we only need to remove the quotation marks, change the subject pronoun and the person of the verb. “Lam tired.” He says that he is tired. We normally use the verb that introduces reported speech (commonly say and tell) in the past. Then, the verb that follows moves one step towards the past (Present Simple becomes Past Simple, Past Simple becomes Past Perfect, etc.). Besides removing the quotation marks and changing the verb tenses, we must change the demonstrative pronouns, possessive pronouns, and time and place expressions. The subordinate clause is introduced by the conjunction that, but it is usually omitted in spoken English. “FIl bring him food today,” the elderly woman said. The elderly woman said (that) she would bring him tood that day. then that day that night the previous day / the day before the previous week / the week betore the previous month / the month before the following day / the day after / the next da: the following week / the week after there that those If the sentence expresses a general truth, we do not change the verb tense. *Homeless people often sleep in airports,” she said. She said that homeless people often sleep in airports. The most common verbs to introduce reported speech are say and tell. Tell is always followed by an indirect object without the preposition to. Say can be followed by an indirect object or not, but ifitis, it must be preceded by the preposition to. “The police arrested a young man,” he said. He told us that the police had arrested a young man. He said that the police had arrested a young man. He said to us that the police had arrested a young man. 
