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

Form - Reported speech: pronoun and determiner changes

Reported speech: pronoun and determiner changes

With reported speech, we also usually have to change some pronouns and determiners.
These changes include:

Direct speech	Reported speech	Example
my	his/her	'I've lost my credit card,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said he had lost his* credit card.*
this /that + noun	the /that	'I love this* sweater,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said he loved the/that sweater.*
this / that + verb	it	'This* is a lovely sweater,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said it was a lovely sweater.*
these/those + noun	the/those	'I love those* sweaters,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said he loved the/those sweaters.*
these / those + verb	they	'These* are lovely sweaters,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said they were lovely sweaters.*
verb + these/those	them	'I'm going to buy these,'said Tim. ➔ Tim said he was going to buy them.