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REPORTED (= INDIRECT) SPEECH
(Indirekte Rede)

1. Is the reporting verb in the past form (said, told,...) you have to change the tense.
(Steht das reporting verb in der Mitvergangenheit (said,told,...) ändert sich die Zeitform.)

Direct speech Indirect speech Direct Speech Indirect speech

Present simple Past simple go went

Present progressive Past progressive am/is/aregoing was/were going

Past simple Past perfect went had gone

Past progressive Past perfect progressive was/were going had been going

Present perfect simple Past perfect has/havegone had gone

Present perfect progressive Past perfect progressive has/have been going had been going

Future Conditional I will go would go

Example: Peter said: "Carol is a nicegirl."
Peter said (that) Carol was a nice girl.

2. When you form the reported speech you have to pay attention that the pronouns refer to the correct person.
(Bei der Bildung der reported speechist darauf zu achten, dass sich die Fürwörter auf die richtige Person beziehen.)
Examples: Susan said: "My parents are clever scientists."
Susan said (that) her parents were clever scientists.Tom said: "I like PE best."
Tom said (that) he liked PE best.

They said: "We went swimming with our friends."
They said (that) they had gone swimming with their friend.Betty said: "Sam told me the truth."
Betty said (that) Sam had told her the truth.

Direct speech Indirect speech
She said I - my - me she - her - her
He said I - my - me he - his - him
Theysaid they - their - them we - our - us

You and your:

They told her / him / me / them / us: "George loves you."
They told her / him / me / them / us (that) George loved her / him / me / them /us.

They told her / him / me / them / us: "George loves your sister."
They told her / him / me / them / us (that) George loved her / his / my / their / our sister.

They told her / him / me...