Time and place word changes. Reported questions

Time and place word changes

Direct speech	Reported speech
Here	There
Now/at the moment	Then/at that moment
Today	That day
Tomorrow	The next/following day
Tonight	That night
Next week/month/year	The following week/month/year
Yesterday	The day before/the previous day
Last week/month/year	The previous week/month/year / The week/month/year before
Ago	Before/previously

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We do not need to make any changes if the information is still relevant.

"I will finish the report today", Luke said. ➝ Luke said he will finish the report today.

(I'm saying it on the same day, so the information is still relevant.)

Reported questions

Direct speech	Reported speech	Example
Yes/no questions	If/whether + direct word order	"Do you know Mike?" asked Alice. ➝ Alice asked if/whether I knew Mike.
Open questions	Question word + direct word order	"Where is the salt?" my mother asked. ➝ My mother asked where the salt was.