Comprehensive Practice: Time Place Challenge Quiz

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

Today usually becomes that day in reported speech.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now usually becomes then when the sentence is reported later.

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

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

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

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

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

Last night usually becomes the night before in reported speech.

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

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

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

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

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