Reported Speech: Pronoun, Time and Place Changes
1Công thức
pronouns/determiners, time words and place words shift to match the reporter's viewpoint2Giải thích
Trong câu tường thuật, đại từ và tính từ sở hữu (my → his/her), từ chỉ định (this → that/the) và từ chỉ thời gian, nơi chốn (here → there, now → then, tomorrow → the next day, yesterday → the day before, ago → before) đổi theo góc nhìn người tường thuật.
In reported speech, pronouns and possessives change (my to his/her), demonstratives change (this to that/the), and words of time and place change (here to there, now to then, tomorrow to the next day, yesterday to the day before, ago to before).
Dấu hiệu: tomorrowyesterdaynowhereago
3Khi nào dùng
- Adjusting reference words when reporting
4Quy tắc cần nhớ
- Time words may stay unchanged if the reported time is still in the future or present when you speak
- Choose the change that fits who is speaking and when
5Ví dụ
'I'll call you tomorrow,' she said. → She said she would call me the next day.
'I like this place,' he said. → He said he liked that place.
'We moved here last year,' they said. → They said they had moved there the year before.
6Lỗi thường gặp
- He said he was leaving tomorrow. (when reported later: the next day)
- She said she lost my keys. (her keys, with the correct backshift: she had lost her keys)