REPORTED SPEECH CHANGES
by Gero Rodríguez Rodríguez
1. TENSES
1.1. PRESENT SIMPLE/PAST SIMPLE
1.2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS/PAST CONTINUOUS
1.3. PAST SIMPLE/PAST PERFECT
1.4. PRESENT PERFECT/PAST PERFECT
1.5. AM-IS-ARE GOING TO / WAS-WERE GOING TO
2. TIME EXPRESSIONS
2.1. TODAY/THAT DAY
2.2. NOW/THEN
2.3. YESTERDAY/THE DAY BEFORE
2.4. ...DAYS AGO/...DAYS BEFORE
2.5. LAST WEEK/ THE PREVIOUS WEEK
2.6. TOMORROW/ THE FOLLOWING DAY
2.7. NEXT YEAR/ THE FOLLOWING YEAR
3. MODALS
3.1. WILL/WOULD
3.2. MUST/HAD TO
3.3. HAVE TO/HAD TO
3.4. CAN/COULD
4. OTHER CHANGES
4.1. HERE/THERE
4.2. THIS/THAT
4.3. THESE/THOSE