Reported Speech (B) (revision of tenses; tasks)

Task I: match the sentences (on the left) with the correct tense (on the right).

1. I am Japan`s richest man. / a) Present Continuous Active
2. Uniqlo stores are introduced around the globe every year. / b) Past Perfect Active
3. I am planning for another 50 stores over the next year. / c) Present Perfect Continuous
4. High-quality casual clothes are being created by the best designers. / d) Past Simple Passive
5. I started with a single store in 1984. / e) Past Perfect Passive
6. Over 300 stores were opened in 1990s. / f) Present Continuous Passive
7. I had developed a new strategy by 2006. / g) Past Continuous Active
8. 92 international stores had been opened by 2008. / h) Future Simple Passive
9. The business was doing very well when I invited the German designer Jil Sander. / i) Present Perfect Passive
10.My profit has increased significantly since then. / j) Past Simple Active
11.New stores have been opened in fast-growing markets. / k) Present Perfect Active
12.The company has been expanding globally for 15 years. / l) Future Simple Active
13. I think, Russian customers will see a flagship store next year. / m) Present Simple Active
14. A big project will also be launched in Brasil. / n) Present Simple Passive

I.  Reporting statements:

1.Tadashoi Yani says, ’I am Japan`s richest man.’ He says that he is Japan`s richest man.

2.He said, ‘I am Japan`s richest man.’ He said that he was Japan`s richest man.

(Он слазал, что он самый богатый человек

В Японии. Неправильно: … он был … .)

In the Reported speech the Present Simple shifts back to the Past Simple and is translated with the Russian Present.

Task II: report Tadashoi Yani`s actual words and formulate the rule (use the Grammar Notes).

Direct speech / Reported speech / The rule
He said, / He said that …
1. ‘ I am Japan`s richest man.’ / he was Japan`s richest man. / Present Simple→Past Simple
2. ‘ Uniqlo stores are introduced around the globe every year.’
3. ‘ I am planning for another 50 stores over the next year.’
4. ‘I high-quality casual clothes are being created by the best designers.’
5. ‘ I started with a single store in 1984.’
6. ‘Over 300 stores were opened in 1990s.’
7.’ I had developed a new strategy by 2006.’
8. ‘92 international stores had been opened by 2008.’
9. ‘The business was doing very well when I invited the German designer Jil Sander.’
10.’My profit has increased significantly since then.’
11.’New stores have been opened in fast-growing markets.’
12.’The company has been expanding globally for 15 years.’
13. ‘I think, Russian customers will see a flagship store next year. ‘
14. ‘A big project will also be launched in Brasil.’

Times, places , modals in the Reported Speech.

Place / here / there
Times / now / then
today / that day
yesterday / the day before /the previous day
tomorrow / the next day/the following day
this afternoon / that afternoon
last week / the week before/the previous week
next week / the week after/the following week
a few days ago / a few days before/a few days earlier
Modals / can / could
may / might
must / must/had to
should / should