reported speech rules and practice

1 Use an Introductory Verb Change here to there now to then Change Tenses (go backwards in time) Introductory Verb She told me (that…) He said (that…) They explained (that ) We informed her (that ) I pointed out (that…) She added (that ) He claimed (that ) She whispered (that ) They thought (that ) etc Change Tenses (go backwards in time) Present Simple or Continuous Present Perfect Simple or Continuous Past Simple or Continuous Past Perfect Simple or Continuous Past Simple or Continuous Past Perfect Simple or Continuous Future Simple (will + inf.) would + inf Remember to change these can will am, is, are have, has, had was, were could would was, were had had been DO NOT change these V-ing past participle to + infinitive bare infinitive Change time and place this, these here now today this evening tonight that, those, the there then that day that evening that night Change time and place yesterday the previous day the day before last week the previous week the week before tomorrow the next day the following day next year the following year I love reading books, especially when they have such an exciting plot as this one a Aunt Molly said she loved reading books especially when they had such an exciting plot as that one b that loved read that she loves reading she loved reading c this one that one the one they have they had we had We could have a look at this photo album It’s got all the photos Lucy took on her holiday Brian said a look at we could have photo album and explained the all the photos Lucy had taken that it had _ on her holiday a c they could had we could have that they can have it has they had got that it had b the this these d taked had taken has taken Mary used dad’s credit card to buy clothes and I don’t think dad will be very happy a c Ellie informed her mum that Mary credit card had used their dad’s _ clothes and to buy she didn’t think he very happy would be had used their dad’s used dad’s had been used the dad’s she didn’t thought she didn’t think she hadn’t thought b d to buy to bought bought was would be would was I’m getting good at driving Actually, I think I’m going to be an excellent driver! Tina claimed that she was getting good at _ and that , actually, driving _ she thought she was going to be an excellent driver a b drove driving Tina got she was getting that she had been getting c she’s thinking I thought she thought d driven she ‘s going to was she was going to be I’m going to being We didn’t our history class today so we had a free period Mona explained that they hadn’t done histrory class _ , so that day their a free period they ‘d had a c b they didn’t they didn’t they hadn’t done that day the day before the next day their our theirs d they had they’d had they would have [...]...I’m getting good at driving Actually, I think I’m going to be an excellent driver! Tina claimed that she was getting good at _ and that , actually, driving _ she thought she was going to be an excellent driver a b drove driving Tina got she was getting that she had been getting c she’s thinking I thought she