Direct and Indirect Speech
Table for change in tense of reported speech for all TENSES. TENSE CHANGE - IN - INDIRECT SPEECH Present simple tense into Past simple Present Continuous tense into Past continuous Present Perfect tense into Pas perfect Present Perfect Continuous into Past perfect continuous Past simple into Past Perfect Past Continuous into Past Perfect Continuous Past Perfect into Past Perfect Future simple, will into would Future Continuous, will be into would be Future Perfect, will have into would have
Examples.
DIRECT SPEECH | INDIRECT SPEECH | PRESENT TENSE | PRESENT SIMPLE changes into PAST SIMPLE | He said, “I write a letter”
She said, “he goes to school daily”
They said, “we love our country”
He said, “he does not like computer” | He said that he wrote a letter.
He said that she went to school daily.
They said that they loved their countryHe said that he did not like computer. | PRESENT CONTINUOUS changes into PAST CONTINUOUS | He said, “he is listening to the music”
She said, “I am washing my clothes”
They said, “we are enjoying the weather”
I said, “it is raining”
She said, “I am not laughing” | He said that he was listening to the music.
She said that she was washing her clothes.
They said that they were not enjoying the weather.
She said that she was not laughing. | PRESENT PERFECT changes into PAST PERFECT | She said, “he has finished his work”
He said, “I have started a job”
I said, “she have eaten the meal”
They said, “we have not gone to New York. | She said that he had finished his work.
He said that he had started a job.
I said that she had eaten the meal.They said that they had not gone to New York. | PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS changes into PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS | He said, “I have been studying since 3
Examples.
DIRECT SPEECH | INDIRECT SPEECH | PRESENT TENSE | PRESENT SIMPLE changes into PAST SIMPLE | He said, “I write a letter”
She said, “he goes to school daily”
They said, “we love our country”
He said, “he does not like computer” | He said that he wrote a letter.
He said that she went to school daily.
They said that they loved their countryHe said that he did not like computer. | PRESENT CONTINUOUS changes into PAST CONTINUOUS | He said, “he is listening to the music”
She said, “I am washing my clothes”
They said, “we are enjoying the weather”
I said, “it is raining”
She said, “I am not laughing” | He said that he was listening to the music.
She said that she was washing her clothes.
They said that they were not enjoying the weather.
She said that she was not laughing. | PRESENT PERFECT changes into PAST PERFECT | She said, “he has finished his work”
He said, “I have started a job”
I said, “she have eaten the meal”
They said, “we have not gone to New York. | She said that he had finished his work.
He said that he had started a job.
I said that she had eaten the meal.They said that they had not gone to New York. | PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS changes into PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS | He said, “I have been studying since 3