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1. Reported speech We use it to report somebody’s words : ● Present Simple  Past Simple “ I play the piano”, Tom said. Tom said (that) he played the piano. ● Present Continuous  Past Continuous “I’m playing the piano”, Tom said. Tom said (that) he was playing the piano .

2. Reported speech ● Past Simple / Present Perfect / Past Perfect  Past Perfect “I played the piano”, Tom said. have played had played Tom said (that) he had played the piano. ● Past Continuous / Present Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect Continuous  Past Prefect Continuous “ I was playing the piano”, Tom said . have been had been Tom said (that) he had been playing the piano.

3. Reported speech ● Will  Would “I will play the piano”, Tom said. Tom said (that) he would play the piano . ● Can  Could “I can play the piano”, Tom said. Tom said (that) he could play the piano . ● Must  Had to “I must play the piano”, Tom said. Tom said (that) he had to play the piano.

4. Reported speech We sometimes don’t need to change the verb tense: For scientific facts / situations that are true: “Pianos are made of wood”, Tom said. Tom said (that) pianos are made of wood. When somebody just said something, so it’s still true: “ I will be there in 5’”, Tom said. Tom has just texted and said (that) he will be there in 5’. When the reporting verb (e.g. say ) is in a present tense: “ I play the piano”, Tom says. Tom says (that) he plays the piano.

5. Reported speech Apart from the verb tense, other words also change: DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH here there today that day now then / at that moment tomorrow the next day / the following day next week / month / year the following week / month / year yesterday the day before / the previous day last week / month / year the previous week / month / year ago before this that these those

6. Reported speech : questions ● WH QUESTIONS The word order must be the same as in affirmative sentences: …………ASKED………….WH-WORD + SUBJECT + VERB + REST “Where is the bank?”, Tom asked. Tom asked where the bank was. “What did you eat?”, Tom asked. Tom asked what I had eaten.

7. Reported speech : questions ● YES/NO QUESTIONS  IF/WHETHER …………ASKED ………….IF / WHETHER + SUBJECT + VERB + REST “Do you live in Argentina?”, Tom asked. Tom asked IF I lived in Argentina. “ Will you go to the party?”, Tom asked. Tom asked IF I would go to the party.