Reported Speech

местоимения заменяются в косвенной речи по смыслу, как и в

русском языке.
Если глагол, вводящий косвенную речь, стоит в настоящем времени, то форма глагола в косвенной речи не изменяется

it here’
She says, ‘My friend was travelling a lot’.
He says,

‘ I played
football yesterday’.

Indirect Speech
He says that he is well today.
She says she likes it there.
She says her friend was travelling a lot.
He says that he played football yesterday.

EXAMPLES:

происходят следующие изменения:
1. Present Simple

→ Past Simple
2. Present Progressive → Past Progressive
3. Present Perfect → Past Perfect

4. Present Perfect Past Perfect
Progressive → Progressive

5. Past Simple → Past Perfect
6. Past Progressive → Past Perfect
Progress
7. Past Perfect → Past Perfect
8. Future Simple → Future –in the-
Past

He said, ’I’m reading a book.’
3. He said, ‘ I

have just come.’
4. He said, ‘I have been waiting for you since 10 o’clock.’

Indirect Speech
1.He said that he got up at 7 o’clock.
2. He said that he was reading a book.
3.He said he had come.

4. He said that he had been waiting for me since 10 o’clock.’

EXAMPLES:

next month

Indirect speech
1. that day
2. the day before
3. the following

day
4. two days before
5. the week before
6. the following month

Наречия времени и места
в косвенной речи изменяются
следующим образом:

He said, ‘I was playing football yesterday from 3 up

to 4 o’clock’.

7. He said, ‘We had finished our work by 4 o’clock.


8. He said, ‘We will finish
our work in the evening’

5. He said that he had played football the day before.

6. He said he had been playing football the day before from 3 up to 4 o’clock.

7. He said that they had finished their work by 4 o’clock.

8. He said that they would finish their work in the evening.

EXAMPLES

to go to London next week’
2. Helen says, ‘I can

play tennis.’
3. My mother says, ‘Tomorrow we will go to the country’
4. They say, ‘We are good at English’
5. Marat says, ‘We watched a new film yesterday’
6. Aigul answers, ‘I am standing at the window’
7. She says, ‘My friend was having a great time in New York’

bought a new car.’
2. I thought, ‘He is going to

give up smoking’
3. She promised, ‘I will do my homework’
4. Ann said, ‘I was playing the piano the whole day’

Jimmy at a party last week.’
6. Bolat said, ‘I went

to Astana last week’
7. Masha said, ‘They learned the poem yesterday’
8. Our parents said, ‘You have never been to London. Let’s go there’