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When we tell people what somebody said, we may have to change words like here, this, today and now.
This is because the place and tim e have changed since the words were spoken.

BILL IN IRELAND IN DECEMBER JOE IN LONDON IN MARCH

1like it here. Bill said he liked it there / in Ireland.
I'm going fishing this week. He said he was going fishing that week.
I'm not working today. He said he wasn't working that day.
What do you want to do now? He asked what 1 wanted to do then/next.

Match the direct and indirect speech expressions.

DIRECT SPEECH: 'here and now' words INDIRECT SPEECH: 'there and then' words

0 here 5 today A that day...... F the next day......
1 now 6 tonight B that night...... G there
2 this 7 last week C th a t...... H the week before......

3 tomorrow 8 next week D the day before...... 1 th e n ......
4 yesterday E the next week......

A friend of yours said these sentences a month ago in another country.
Now you are telling somebody what she said.

Complete the sentences with the correct 'there and then' words.

! 'I'm not happy here.' She said she wasn't happy ......
1 'I hate this place.' She said she hated...............................

2 'I left home last week.' She said she had left hom e..................

3 'I wrote to my father yesterday.' She said she had written to her father.
4 'Are you leaving today?' She asked me if I was leaving..............
5 'Where will you be tonight?' She asked where I would b e ................
6 'I'll phone you tomorrow.' She said she would phone m e.............

Another friend of yours said these sentences two weeks ago in another town.
Now you are telling somebody what he said. Write the sentences with the correct tenses

and'there and then'words.
^ 'I'm really happy here' "T6 V\c vvfls kifl’p’pLj t Vit.rt..
1 'I love this place.' ................................................................................................................................

2 'I saw a great film yesterday.' .............................................................................................................
3 'I'm going to another party tonight.' ................................................................................................

4 'Do you want to play tennis tomorrow?'

5 'My girlfriend will be here next week.'

268 INDIRECT SPEECH