Fondamenti della lingua inglese Laura Cignoni - Paleopatologia

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“It’s raining in New York at the moment”.
Helen says it’s raining in New York at the moment.
Alcuni pronomi cambiano nelle frasi indirette
“I’ll pick you up” said Jeremy.
Jeremy said he would pick me up.
Le espressioni di tempo e luogo, gli avverbi e gli aggettivi subiscono alcuni seguenti cambiamenti:
now → then
today → that day
this morning → that morning
tomorrow → the next/following day
yesterday → the day before/the previous day
two days ago → two days before/earlier
last week → the week before/the previous week
here → there
come → go
ago → before
This e these diventano rispettivamente these e those. In alcuni casi, this, that, these e those
diventano the.
“That pullover you bought me is too small”, she said.
She said the pullover I had bought for her was too small.
Altri esempi
“I have been in the room for several hours”, she said.
She said she had been in the room for several hours.
“They have been hiking in the mountains”, he said.
He said they had been hiking in the mountains.
“I saw Susan at the party”, he said.
He said he had seen Susan at the party.
“We were helping the old lady cross the street”, he said.
He said they had been helping the old lady cross the street.