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7. His hands were covered with flour, so I told

8. Chef (Jane) Grubart hadn’t taught us how to make a white sauce, so [asked SS

14.8 Reported Speech: Time and Place Changes

1. Words that describe the time and place often | Bob: “I'll be out of the office this afferncon.”
change in reported speech. This is done to When | talked to Bob last week, he said
preserve the speaker's original meaning. he'd be out of the office that afternoon.

2. Time words change as follows when reporting Jim: “I tried sushi yesterday.”
speech ata later date e.g.. the next week, | saw Jim last month. He said he'd tried
year, etc.). sushi the day before.
now —> then
this afternoon —-_ that afternoon
tomorrow —> the next day
yesterday — the day before
next week — the following week
last year — the year before

3. Sometimes here changes to there when our The chef: “Put the plates here.”

location is farther from the reference point. The chef said to put the plates there.

4. Sometimes this changes to that and these Valerie: “This recipe is easy to follow.”
to those. Valerie said that recipe was easy to follow.

5 Circle the correct answers.

1. Ana said, “I took a baking class last week.”
When I saw Ana, she said that she had taken a baking class last week /(the week before.

2. Karim said, “I’m going to be on TV next week.”

I just saw Karim. He said he was going to be on TV next week / the following week.

3. Nick asked, “Can I sign up for courses here?”

When Nick was at the school, he asked if he could sign up for courses here / there.

4. Dahlia opened the oven and said, “These cupcakes are perfect!”
Dahlia said these / those cupcakes were perfect.

5. We were at a party. Samantha said, “I think this is the best party I’ve ever been to.”

The next day, Samantha said she thought that / this was the best party she’d ever been to.

6. Alex said, “I start my new job tomorrow.”
Alex was excited when I saw him. He said he was starting his new job tomorrow / the next day.

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