Mastering Direct and Indirect Speech

Change to indirect speech: He said, 'I am going to the market.'

• He said that he will go to the market.

• He said that he was going to a store.

• He said that he is going to the market.

• He said that he was going to the market.

Change to indirect speech: She said, 'I will finish my homework.'

• She said that she will finish her homework.

• She said that she had finished her homework.

• She said, 'I will finish my homework.'

• She said that she would finish her homework.

Change to indirect speech: They said, 'We have seen that movie.'

• They said that they have seen that movie.

• They said they saw that movie.

• They said they will see that movie.

• They said that they had seen that movie.

Change to indirect speech: John said, 'I can help you with that.'

• John said that I can help him with that.

• John said that he can help you with that.

• John said that he could help me with that.

• John said he could help you with that.

Change to indirect speech: The teacher said, 'You must submit your assignments.'

• The teacher said that the assignments must be submitted by the students.

• The teacher told the students to submit their assignments.

• The teacher said that the students had to submit their assignments.

• The teacher said, 'You should submit your assignments.'

Change to direct speech: She said that she was tired.

• She said, 'I am sleepy.'

• She said, "I am tired."

• She said, 'I was tired.'

• She said, 'I feel tired.'

Change to direct speech: He mentioned that he would call later.

• 'He said he would call later.'

• 'I called him earlier.'

• 'I will call later.'

• 'I will call tomorrow.'

Change to direct speech: They said that they had completed the project.

• They said, 'We have completed the project.'

• They said, 'We had completed the project.'

• They said, 'They have completed the project.'

• They said, 'We completed the project.'

Change to direct speech: The coach said that we should practice more.

• The coach suggested that we practice more.

• The coach said, 'We need to practice more.'

• 'You should practice more,' the coach said.

• 'We should practice more,' said the coach.

Change to direct speech: She told me that she was going to the party.

• She mentioned, 'I was going to the party.'

• She told me, 'I am going to the party.'

• She said, 'I will go to the party.'

• 'I am going to the party.'