Changes in Reported Speech in English
When using Reported Speech one should remember to introduce some other changes apart from tenses. Not always are such changes necessary.
| from | into | |
|---|---|---|
| time: | now | immediately / then |
| two days ago | two days before / earlier | |
| today | that day | |
| tonight | that night | |
| yesterday | the previous day / the day before | |
| place | here | there |
| this place | that place | |
| these places | those places | |
| verbs | come | go |
| bring | take | |
| modal verbs | can | could |
| will | would | |
| may | might | |
| WE DO NOT CHANGE: | would, could, might, ought to, needn't have, used to | |