8 - Grammar - Reported speech
Exercise
2
Compare the Direct Speech 1-6 below with the Reported Speech in green in the text. What changes are there to the verb forms and pronouns?
Solution
1
- Verb Change: present simple to past simple
- Pronoun Change: I to he
2
- Verb Change: present simple to past simple; present perfect to past perfect
- Pronoun Change: I to he
3
- Verb Change: present perfect to past perfect; present simple to past simple
- Pronoun Change: I to he
4
- Verb Change: present perfect to past perfect
- Pronoun Change: I to he
5
- Verb Change: simple past to past perfect
- Pronoun Change: I to he
6
- Verb Change: present continuous to past continuous
- Pronoun Change: I to he