Reported Speech Questions Medium
Reported expressions of time and place are used when we report someone's words or thoughts about when or where something happened. Here are some examples:
1. Direct speech: "I will meet you at the park tomorrow," she said.
Reported speech: She said that she would meet me at the park the next day.
2. Direct speech: "We went to the beach last summer," he said.
Reported speech: He said that they had gone to the beach the previous summer.
3. Direct speech: "I am leaving for London tonight," he said.
Reported speech: He said that he was leaving for London that night.
4. Direct speech: "The concert is starting at 8 p.m.," they said.
Reported speech: They said that the concert was starting at 8 p.m.
5. Direct speech: "I saw her at the supermarket yesterday," he said.
Reported speech: He said that he had seen her at the supermarket the day before.
In reported speech, we usually need to make changes to the time and place expressions to reflect the shift from the original speaker's perspective to the reporting speaker's perspective.