A Sample sentences. Ш They say that we will receive the confirmation next week.

Ш They say that we will receive the confirmation next week.

Ш She mentioned that the date of the next meeting hasn't been fixed yet.

Ш He promised that the conference would be ready for us when we arrived.

B Form

Reported speech takes two forms:

1. A main clause with a verb of speaking/asking + a subordinate clause:

main clause	subordinate clause
They say	that we will receive the confirmation next week.

2. A main clause with a verb of speaking/asking + an infinitive with to:

They asked us to send confirmation as soon as possible.

Indirect speech is derived from direct speech:

He said, "We have signed the contract.' (direct speech)

He said that they had signed the contract. (indirect speech)

The basic rule to determine the tense of the verb in the subordinate clause is as follows:

		present future present perfect
	(no change)
	Tense of verb of speaking in direct speech		Tense of verb of words spoken
				present →past past →past or past perfect present perfect →past perfect will →would
	past past perfect
Direct speech	Indirect speech
She says, 'We have a deal.'	She says (that) we have a deal.
She said, 'We have a deal.'	She said (that) we had a deal.
She said, 'I have made a deal.'	She said that she had made a deal.
She said, 'I will confirm the deal next week.'	She said that she would confirm die deal the following week.

Other changes are to the pronouns and the time adverbials.

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