Reported speech Reported statements: Direct statement:           I am a police officer Reported statement:      He said / told me (that) he was a police officer. Reported questions: Direct question:             When can we meet? Reported question:        I asked (him) when we could meet. Focus: - Reported speech is always introduced by say and tell. - Tell is always followed by a name or an object pronoun:    He told me he was a police officer. - When the reporting verb is in the present tense, there is no change in the tense: -  I don't want to come.    He says he doesn't want to come (says está no presente) - In reported questions the word order of the original question is changed: - What's your name?   He asked what my name was. Verb changes am/is - was are - were have/has - had go - went went - had gone have gone - had gone can - could will - would shall - should may - might must - had to Other changes today                 that day tonight               that night tomorrow          the next day yesterday          the day before ago                    before last week           the week before next week          the following week this/that              the this morning      that morning here                   there exercises home                                   bluep inter