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Step 1 - THE GRAMMAR part 1 Step 1 - THE GRAMMAR part 1 You have to use indirect speech / reported speech if you want to encase the quoted sentence into a sentence. In this case there are going to be several changes in the quoted sentence. You have to use indirect speech / reported speech if you want to encase the quoted sentence into a sentence. In this case there are going to be several changes in the quoted sentence. Changes:First, we are going to learn how to quote a sentence in the present. In these cases you don’t have to go back a tense, but there are other necessary changes you have to do. Let’s look at these first. Changes: First, we are going to learn how to quote a sentence in the present. In these cases you don’t have to go back a tense, but there are other necessary changes you have to do. Let’s look at these first. B) Change the pronouns: X says to Y B) Change the pronouns: X says to Y In reported speech you have to change I, me, my, mine, myself, / we, us, our, ours, ourselves if X isn’t I or we. YOU HAVE TO CONFORM I OR WE TO X. Let’s see two examples: Mary says to Peter she is a student. Mary says to Peter they are friends. In reported speech you have to change you, your, yours, yourself and yourselves if Y isn’t you. YOU HAVE TO CONFORM YOU TO Y. Let’s see an example: Mary says to Peter he is a teacher. We are friends. We are friends. I am a student I am a student. A) Look at the table below which contains the adverbs of time and place that you have to change in reported speech. At the end of the list there are two verbs that can be changed.Direct speechReported speech A) Look at the table below which contains the adverbs of time and place that you have to change in reported speech. At the end of the list there are two verbs that can be changed. Direct speech Reported speech this / these ? that / those here ? there now ? then, at that time today ? that day tonight ? that night yesterday ? the day before, the previous day tomorrow ? the next