Comprehensive Practice: Time Place Challenge Quiz

Tomorrow normally becomes the next day in reported speech, and will see becomes would see.

We change time and place words so they fit the time and place of the reporter’s point of view.

Here becomes there and two days ago becomes two days before in reported speech.

There already shows distance, so it usually does not need to change.

Time and place words are adjusted so they make sense from the reporter’s time and location.

This usually becomes that when we report speech from another place or time.

Last night usually becomes the night before in reported speech.

All of these use correct time and place changes such as here→there, this→that, and yesterday→the day before.

In B tomorrow should change to the next day, and in C here should change to there, not then.

If nothing has shifted in time or place, words like today or here can stay the same.

When we report speech, we often change time and place words so they still make sense from the later point of view.

If the direct speech used tomorrow, it should change to the next day, not the day before.

Now usually becomes then when the sentence is reported later.

Yesterday usually becomes the day before or the previous day in reported speech.

Here usually becomes there, this becomes that, and these becomes those when speech is reported.

All of these show common time changes used in reported speech.

Here shows the speaker’s place, so it usually becomes there when someone else reports it.

We say then to show the time at which the original speaker was talking.

Here usually becomes there and tomorrow becomes the next day in reported speech.

Today usually becomes that day in reported speech.