Reported Statements Real Speech Reported Speech My family

Reported Statements

Real Speech Reported Speech ‘My family comes from the Bronx. ’ Present Simple Sandra said that her family came from the Bronx. Past Simple ‘We’ve had some difficult cases. ’ Present Perfect She said they had some difficult cases. Past Perfect ‘We’re working on a big case’. Present Continuous She said they were working on a big one. Past Continuous ‘I didn’t want to she had joined sit there and do nothing, so I joined the NYPD. ’ Past Simple She said she hadn’t wanted to sit there and do nothing, so she had joined the NYPD. Past Perfect ‘We were looking for a suspect. ’ Past Continuous She said that they had been looking for a suspect. Past Perfect Continuous ‘I’m going to stop doing it after I get married. ’ am/is/are going to She said she was going to stop doing it after she got married. was/ were going to ‘I won’t feel the same about taking risks. ’ Future Simple She said she wouldn’t feel the same about taking risks. Future-in-the Past

Tense Shift � Present Simple � Present Perfect � Present Continuous � Past Simple � Past Continuous � am/is/are going to � Future Simple - Past Simple Past Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous was/ were going to Future-in-the Past

Time and place expressions �there �now �then �last year �last month �yesterday �today �next year �the year before, the previous year �the month before, the previous month �the day before �that day �the following year

Say and tell said told He said (that) … He said to me (that)… He told me that…

Other reporting verbs �decided �thought �added �explained �answered, replied �announced, claimed �complained �denied, refused �promised �admitted