Verb Tense Changes in Reported Speech - VCC Library

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Changes in Reported Speech “Quoted Speech” (Direct Speech)

Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)

(the actual words a person says – inside quotation marks) Simple Present Present Continuous Present Perfect Simple Past Present Perfect Continuous shall will may can must Note: Would Should Ought to Had better Might Used to Could

(telling what a person said – no quotation marks) → → → → → → → → → →

Simple Past Past Continuous Past Perfect Past Perfect Past Perfect Continuous should would might could had to



These do not change in reported speech.

Other changes in reported speech This These Today Yesterday Now Tomorrow The day before yesterday The day after tomorrow Next week Last week

→ → → → → → → → → →

That Those That day The day before Then The next day, the following day Two days before Two days later, in two days’ time The following week The previous week

© 2013 Vancouver Community College Learning Centre. Student review only. May not be reproduced for classes.

Authored by the Centre byLearning Emily Simpson