Direct and Indirect Speech

"I am going to the market," he said to her

• He said her that he is going to the market.
• He told her that he was going to the market.
• He said to her that he had gone to the market.
• He told her that I was going to the market.

She said, "I can finish the project by tomorrow."

• She said that she could finish the project by tomorrow.
• She said that she could finish the project by the next day.
• She said if she could finish the project by next day.
• She said that she finished the project by tomorrow.

"We have completed our work," they said.

• They said they have completed their work.
• They said they had completed their work.
• They had completed their work, they said that
• They said that we had completed our work.

"Will you help me?" she asked.

• She asked me if I will help her.
• She asked me if I would help her.
• She asked me that I would help her.
• She asked me whether I helped her.

"Where is your book?" the teacher asked Abhishek

• The teacher asked Abhishek that where is your book.
• The teacher asked Abhishek where his book is.
• The teacher asked Abhishek where his book was.
• The teacher asked Abhishek where was his book.

"Did you see the movie?" he asked.

• He asked me if I saw the movie.
• He asked me if I had seen the movie.
• He asked me had I seen the movie.
• He asked me whether I was seeing the movie.

She said, "I will call you tomorrow."

• She said that she would call me tomorrow.
• She said that she will call me tomorrow.
• She said that she would call me the next day.
• She said that she would call me the day after.

"I am reading a book," John said.

• John said he is reading a book.
• John said he was reading a book.
• John said that he is reading a book.
• John said that I was reading a book.

"Why did you come late?" she asked.

• She asked me why I come late.
• She asked me why had I come late.
• She asked me why I had come late.
• She asked me why did I come late.

He said, "I have been waiting for you."

• He said that he had been waiting for you.
• He said that he had been waiting for me.
• He said that he was waiting for me.
• He said that he has been waiting for me.