Reported Speech: Time Changes

now → then; today → that day; tomorrow → the next day.

Examples

• She said she would come the next day.

Key rules

• Time and place words change in reported speech: now → then, today → that day, tomorrow → the next day, yesterday → the day before
• here → there, this → that
• Change them only if the time or place has changed
• Pronouns also change according to the speaker

Common mistakes

• He said he would come tomorrow → He said he would come the next day
• She said she is here there → She said she was there