Reported Speech

DIRECT SPEECH

tomorrow

• CHANGES TO:

  THE NEXT DAY / THE FOLLOWING DAY

• CHANGES TO: THAT DAY

• CHANGES TO: THE DAY BEFORE

• CHANGES TO: THE FOLLOWING WEEK

.He said, "I'll think about it."

• He told that he would think about it.

• He sais that he would think about it.

• He said that he would think about it.

• He said that he will think about it.

"Please help me carry this"

• She askes me to help her carry this.

• She tells me to help her carry this.

• She asked me to help her carry this.

• She says me to help her carry this.

My parents said, "We are going on holiday tomorrow."

• My parents said that they was going on holiday the following day.

• My parents said that they have been going on holiday the following day.

• My parents said that they had gone on holiday the following day.

• My parents said that they were going on holiday the following day.

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Present Perfect

“I have found a flat”, he said.

• CHANGES TO: PRESENT PERFECT

• CHANGES TO: PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

• CHANGES TO: PAST PERFECT

• CHANGES TO: SIMPLE PAST

She said, "It has been a long time since I had such a good meal."

• She said that it had been a long time since she had had such a good meal

• She said that it was a long time since she had had such a good meal

• She said that it would been a long time since she had had such a good meal

• She said that it will be a long time since she had had such a good meal

He asked me, "Do you understand all the rules?"

• He asked me if I understood all the rules.

• He asked me if I understand all the rules.

• He asked me if I have understood all the rules.

• He asked me if I had understood all the rules.

They said, "We haven't been to an art gallery for ages".

• They said that they have been to an art gallery for ages .

• They said that they hadn't been to an art gallery for ages .

• They said that they had been to an art gallery for ages .

• They said that they were going to an art gallery for ages .

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Simple Present

“I never eat meat”,he SAID.

• CHANGES TO: PRESENT PERFECT

• CHANGES TO: PRESENT CONTINUOUS

• CHANGES TO: PAST PERFECT

• CHANAGES TO: SIMPLE PAST

DIRECT SPEECH

Future

He said,“I will/shall be in Paris on Monday”.

• CHANGES TO: SECOND CONDITIONAL (WOULD)

• CHANGES TO:

  SIMPLE PAST

• CHANGES TO: PAST CONTINUOUS

• CHANGES TO: PRESENT PERFECT