# Changing Time and Place Words: Rules and Examples | SwaVid

Changing time and place words: Words like today, tomorrow, now, here and this point to the speaker's own day and place. Rules, examples and a quick check.

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# Changing time and place words: rules and examples

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Short answer. Words like today, tomorrow, now, here and this point to the speaker's own day and place. When we report later or somewhere else, they must change.

1 . Choose the words for a later report. Mohan said, "The guests came last night." Mohan said that the guests had come ___.

A report is made later, so time and place words move away from the speaker.

Words like today, tomorrow, now, here and this point to the speaker's own day and place. When we report later or somewhere else, they must change.

Sita said that she would sing that day.

A report is made later, so time and place words move away from the speaker.

Pronouns, tenses and time words, explained.

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- Today, tomorrow, yesterday, now . These four words change in a later report.
- Tonight, this, last, next, ago . This and tonight become that. Last becomes before or previous. Next becomes following. Ago becomes before.
- Here and this, said elsewhere . If the report is made in another place, here becomes there. This becomes that, and these becomes those.
- Time word and tense together . In a later report the verb moves back and the time word changes too. Check both: is becomes was and today becomes that day.
- Sita said, "I will sing today."
- Sita said that she would sing that day.

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