Direct and indirect speech.

He said, ‘I have read this novel.’

• He said that he has read this novel.

• He said that he had read that novel.

• He said that he read that novel.

• He said that he had read this novel.

Rita said, ‘I may go there.’

• Rita says that she may go there.

• Rita says that she Is going there.

• Rita said that she will go there.

• Rita said that she might go there.

He says that he is very sorry.

• He said, ‘He was very sorry’.

• He says, ‘I am very sorry’.

• He said, ‘He is very sorry’.

• He told me. ‘I felt sorry’.

Daman says, ‘Priya is working in Ahmedabad.’

• Daman say that Priya was working in Ahmedabad.

• Daman said that Priya works in Ahmedabad.

• Daman said that Priya was working in Ahmedabad.

• Daman says that Priya is working in Ahmedabad.

Iba said that she might go home the next day with her sister.

• Iba said, “I may just go home tomorrow with my sister.”

• Iba said, “I could go home tomorrow with my sister.”

• Iba said, “I can go home tomorrow with my sister.”

• Iba said, “I will go home tomorrow with my sister.”

He said, “I was doing it.”

• He said that he had been doing it.

• He said that he had done it.

• He said that he has done it.

• He said that he did it.

He said, “Honesty is the best policy.”

• He said that honesty is the best policy.

• He said that honesty had been the best policy.

• He said that honesty has been the best policy.

• He said that honesty was the best policy.

He said, “I am buying a new pen”.

• He said that he bought a new pen.

• He said that he was buying a new pen.

• He said that he had been buying a new pen.

• He said that he is buying a new pen

“I can play with my friends in the ground,'' he said.

• He said that he could play with his friends in the ground.

• He said that he would play with my friends in the ground.

• He told I can play with my friends in the ground.

• He tell that he could play with his friends in the ground.

“Catherine is completing her homework,” she said.

• She says that Catherine would completing her homework.

• She said that Catherine is completing her homework.

• She said that Catherine will complete her homework.

• She said that Catherine was completing her homework.