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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

'THEN' in Reported Speech.

Hi teachers,

When you have the word 'then' in direct speech and you want to write it in reported speech, does this word change? if not why?

For example:

Tom: But the roads were also crowed this morning and you drove a lot faster then.

Reported Speech:

Tom said that the roads have been also very crowed that morning and she had driven a lot faster then.

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

Hi, When you have the word 'then' in direct speech and you want to write it in reported speech, does this word change? No. if not why?

— Clive

  • Hi, When you have the word 'then' in direct speech and you want to write it in reported speech, does this word change?
  • No.
  • if not why?
  • It means 'at that time'.
  • The time referred to is indicated by the tense of the associated verb (ie 'had driven').
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Hi,
When you have the word 'then' in direct speech and you want to write it in reported speech, does this word change? No.
if not why? It means 'at that time'. The time referred to is indicated by the tense of the associated verb (ie 'had driven').

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Thank you so much, as always helpful and very clear.
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Hi! When there is "now and then" used in direct speech, how is it turned into reported speech? The sentence is Jack: I've got to try something different now and then. Thank you!
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