1. Zaimki osobowe zmieniają się w mowie zależnej, np. We zmienia się na They

2. W mowie zależnej cofamy czas o jeden w tył:

Present Simple	Past Simple
Present Continuous	Past Continuous
Past Simple	Past Perfect
Present Perfect Simple	Past Perfect
Past Continuous	Past Perfect Continuous
can	could
will	would
am / is / are going to	was / were going to

 

3. W mowie zależnej cudzysłów znika. 

 

4. Now -> Then

 

b)  direct statements: 

'Will you go and check what's happening.' she asked her husband. 

he said to them, 'We've hit an iceberg. We need to go up on deck now!'

 

reported speech: 

Everyone said it was impossible for the ship ti sink because it was so big. 

She said she had a bad feeling.