Time and place references

Time and place references often have to change:

*now--------- then
*today -----------that day
*here------------ there
*this -------------that
*this week -------that week
*tomorrow---------the following day ,the next day ,the day after
*next week--------the following week ,the next week ,the week after
*yesterday-------- the previous day
*the day before ----last week ,the previous week ,the week before
*ago------------- previously,before ,
*2 weeks ago --------------2 weeks previously ,2 weeks before
*tonight ---------that night
*last Saturday ------------the previous Saturday ,the Saturday before
*next Saturday--------------- the following Saturday,the next Saturday,the Saturday after, that Saturday

Examples:

I went to the theatre last night.
He said he had gone to the theatre the night before.

I'm having a party next weekend.
He said he was having a party the next weekend.

I'm staying here until next week.
He said he was staying there until the following week.

I came over from London 3 years ago.
He said he had come over from London 3 years before.



Personal pronouns

You also need to be careful with personal pronouns. They need to be changed according to the situation. You need to know the context. For example, there is possible confusion when you try to change reported speech to direct speech:

She said she'd been waiting for hours.
(Is she one person or two different people?)

I told them they would have to ask permission.
(Are we talking about two groups of people or only one?)



http://valenciaenglish.netfirms.com/reported.htm