Reported Speech

How can we use the Reported Speech?

• We use it to say something we will do in the future.

• We use it to say something that someone else said.

• We use it to say something we did in the past.

• We use it to ask for something in a polite way.

In the reported speech, "simple present" changes to:

• Simple past

• Past participle

• Past continuous

• Past perfect

In the reported speech, "simple past" changes to:

• Simple present

• Past perfect

• Past continuous

• Will

In the reported speech, "present continuous" changes to:

• Present perfect

• Would

• Past continuous

• Past perfect

In the reported speech, "present perfect" changes to:

• Can

• Simple present

• Will

• Past perfect

In the reported speech, "will" change to:

• Could

• Would

• Present continous

• Past perfect

In the reported speech, "can" changes to:

• Present continuous

• Simple past

• Would

• Could

Complete the sentence, don't forget to add the corresponding verb.

"Direct speech: I will take the next bus."

Reported speech: She said that she ... the next bus.

Answer explanation

The sentence written in direct speech was in the future tense, that is, it used "will". So to write it in reported speech, we have to use "would"

Complete the sentence, don't forget to add the corresponding verb.

"Direct speech: I am baking a cake for my mom."

Reported speech: She said that she ... a cake for her mom.

Answer explanation

The sentence written in direct speech was in present continuous tense. So to write it in reported speech, we have to change it to past continuous.

Complete the sentence, don't forget to add the corresponding verb.

"Direct speech: I need a little help with my homework."

Reported speech: He said the he .. a little help with his homework.

Answer explanation

The sentence written in direct speech was in simple present tense. So to write it in reported speech, we have to change it to simple past.