Direct and Reported (Indirect) Speech

Tenses change in Reported Speech as follows:

Direct Speech	Reported Speech
Present Indefinite “She plays the piano,” he said.	Past Indefinite He said (that) she played the piano.
Present Continuous “She is playing the piano,” he said.	Past Continuous He said (that) she was playing the piano.
Past Indefinite/Present Perfect “She played/has played the piano,” he said.	Past Perfect He said (that) she had played the piano.
Past Continuous/Present Perfect Continuous “She was playing/has been playing the piano,” he said.	Past Perfect Continuous   He said (that) she had been playing the piano.
Future Indefinite “She’ ll play the piano,” he said.	would + V He said (that) she would play the piano.
Future Continuous “She’ ll be playing the piano,” he said.	would be + Ving He said (that) she would be playing the piano.

Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous do not change in Reported Speech.

! Don’t forget about the changes of the adverbial modifies of time

Direct Speech Reported Speech

this that

these those

here there

now then

today that day

tomorrow the next day,

the following day

yesterday the day before,

the previous day

next the following

last the previous

last year the year before

ago before

in two days two days later

№9. Do as in the patterns.

Pattern A: “He is a good employee.”

“ You said that he was a good employee.”

1.”He has already graduated from the University”.

2.”Mason made an unusually high grade at his entrance exams”.

3.”Mr.Harrison agrees to write a letter of recommendation for me”.

4.”My previous job made me qualified”.

5.”I hope I’ll have experience in this field at my present job”.

Pattern B: “Are you one of the applicants?”

“ You asked if I was one of the applicants”.

1.”Are you a qualified and experienced candidate?”

2.”Did she present herself in a CV?”

3.”Does she type in the morning?”

4.”Has Mark held a post like this?”

5.”Will you or Mr. Todd fill the position of Senior Office Manager?”

Pattern C: “Write a concise CV”.

“ You asked me to write a concise CV”.

1.”Employ 5 men and 5 women”.

2.”Leave the present job and seek a position in our company”.

3.”Solve this problem as soon as possible!”

4.”Find an initiative, honest, fair, hard-working and good-looking man for this post.”

5.”Say that this appointment is open for men and women.”

№10. Choose the proper tense-form and translate.

1.I wondered whether she … in Kyiv.

a) lives b) lived

2.He did not know if he … in time.

a) will come b) would come

3.I was sure that he … from our institute.

a) had graduated b) graduates

4.Nick knew that Peter … in London.

a) is b) was

5.Nick said that he … the City.

a) liked b) will like

6.The students showed me which exercises he ….

a) will do b) had done

UNIT 7. EXPORT

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