Grammar: Reported speech - changes: pronouns,adv.of place + time on the web-site for teachers and learners of English as a secondary language from a German point of view

Table of Contents Reported Speech: changes
pronouns,adv.of place + time HOMEPAGE back to
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Indirekte Rede: Ausgangssituationen - Personen, Rollen, Zielsetzung (ein Beispiel)

Changes in reported speech. Be careful.

Never change automatically without thinking of the situation!

1. Tenses:

past tense, present perfect	past perfect
present tense	past tense
future	conditional

2. Personal pronouns:

I	he, she
you	he, she, they
we	they
they	they
he, she	he, she, I

3. possessive pronouns:

my	his, her, my
your	his, her, my
his, her	his, her
their	their
our,	their

4. Places:

here	there
this	that
these	those
here, there	at the George Hotel, at school

5. Time:

last year, last month, last week	the year/month/week before
yesterday, the day before yesterday	the day before, two days before
today	that day, yesterday, the day before
tomorrow	the next day
the day after tomorrow	in two days
next week/month/year	the following week/month/year
on Monday	on Monday, 11th December
this morning / afternoon / evening / night	that morning / afternoon / evening/ night
last week, month, year	the previous week, month, year
three days, weeks, months, ...years ago	three days, weeks, months, .....years before