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| Direct speech | Reported speech |
| Present tense | |
| “I go to work”- says Mike “Do you live in London?”-asks Mike | Mike says he goes to work. Mike asks if I live in London. |
| Past tense (происходит изменение времени*) | |
| ð Утвердительное предложение: | |
| “I go to work”- said Mike. “We won’t see this film”- they said | Mike said he went to work. They said they wouldn’t see that** film. |
| ð Повелительное наклонение: | |
| “Open the window”-he said “Don‘t open the door”- he said | He said to open the window. He said not to open the door. |
| ð Вопросительное предложение: | |
| “ Do you live in Moscow?”- he asked “ Have you been there?”-he asked | He asked if I liv ed*** in Moscow. He asked if I had been there. |
| “ Where do you live?”- he asked “ How are you?”-she asked | He asked where I liv ed. She asked how I was. |
| ** today-that day this week/month- that week/month yesterday-the day before last week/ month- the previous week/ month next day/week- the day after, the following day/ week this-that, these-those, here-there, now-then | |
| *** В вопросительном предложении в Reported speech -прямой порядок слов (подлежащее+ сказуемое). |
Согласование времен*:
| Simple | Continuous | Perfect | Perfect-Continuous | |
| Present |  do/does/ V-1
| am/is/are+ V-ing
| have/has + V-3
|  have/has been+ V-ing
|
| Past |
 did+ V-1/ V-2
| was/were+
 V-ing
| had+ V-3 | had been+ V-ing |
| Future |  will/shall +V-1
|  will be+ V-ing
| will have+ V-3
| will have been+ V-ing
|
| Future-in-the-Past | would +V1 | would be + V-ing | would have+ V-3 | would have been+V-ing |
Ä Useful tips
− You can use Reported speech when you are reporting what was written as well as spoken, for example, when you are describing a video clip or an event you were acquainted with during the Listening section.
! Exercise 6.
Read the text extract and retell the passage in the reported speech.
The KLM crew read back the departure clearance and then reported: "We are now at take-off," and released the brakes to roll. Tenerife tower replied: "OK, stand by for take-off, I will call you," but this message was obscured by Pan Am's simultaneous transmission: "No, we're still taxiing down the runway." The KLM 747 began rolling down the foggy runway and collided with the Pan Am aircraft.
