[Grammar] reported time expressions

[adrenalinman]

Today	That day
Tonight	That night
This week	That week
Last week	The previous week/The week before
Last night	The previous night/The night before
Yesterday	The previous day/The day before
Now	Then/At that time
Tomorrow	The next day/The following day
Next week	The following week
Next month	The following month
Ten minutes later	In ten minutes
Ten minutes ago	Ten minutes before/Ten minutes earlier
The day before yesterday	Two days before
The day after tomorrow	In two days’ time
This (time)	That
This (adjective)	That/The
Here	There

Is that chart correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

We'd need to consider each one in an example sentence in order to check. For example, "The day before yesterday" could become "Two days before" or "Two days earlier" in reported speech. "Here" wouldn't necessarily become "there". It could stay as "here". It all depends on context.

 

[Rover_KE]

Did you create that chart, adrenalinman? If not, please name the source and author.

 

[adrenalinman]

I did it. I searched from different sources.

 

[adrenalinman]

But the meaning is the same with these alternatives, right? (...before, ...earlier)

We'd need to consider each one in an example sentence in order to check. For example, "The day before yesterday" could become "Two days before" or "Two days earlier" in reported speech. "Here" wouldn't necessarily become "there". It could stay as "here". It all depends on context.