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Luyện ngữ pháp - Destination B2 (Unit 21: Grammar - Reported speech / reported questions / reporting verbs))

Form - Reported speech: time and place changes

Reported speech: time and place changes

With reported speech, we also usually have to change words and phrases connected to time and place.
These changes include:

Direct speech	Reported speech	Example
here	there	'I usually shop here,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said he usually shopped there.
now/at the moment	then /at that moment.	'I'm shopping at the moment,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said he was shopping then/at that moment.
tomorrow	the next/following day	'I'm going shopping tomorrow,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said he was going shopping the next/following day.
tonight	that night	'I'm going shopping tonight,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said he was going shopping that night.
next week/month/year	the following week/month/year	'I'm going shopping next week,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said he was going shopping the following week.
yesterday	the day before/the previous day	'I went shopping yesterday,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said he'd been shopping the day before/the previous day.
last week/month/ year	the week/month/year before the previous week/month/year	'I went shopping last week,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said he'd been shopping the week before/the previous week.
ago	before/previously	'I went shopping two days ago,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said he'd been shopping two days before/previously.

Watch out!
We do not need to make any changes to time words/phrases when the information is still true at the moment of speaking/writing. ✓ 'I'm going shopping tomorrow,'said Tim to Ben. ➔ Ben immediately called Lizzie and said, 'Tim said he's going shopping tomorrow.'