DIRECT SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH

IMPERATIVE
HE SAID,"GO TO YOUR ROOM"

HE TOLD ME TO GO TO MY ROOM.

HE SAID,"DON'T DRINK THE MILK"

HE TOLD ME NOT TO DRINK IT.

PRESENT SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

"I LIKE APPLES." SHE SAID

SHE SAID SHE LIKED APPLES.

"I DON'T LIKE APPLES" HE SAID

HE SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE APPLES.

"DO YOU LIKE APPLES?" HE ASKED

HE ASKED IF I LIKED APPLES.

"WHAT DO YOU LIKE?" HE SAID

HE ASKED ME WHAT I LIKED.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

PAST CONTINUOUS

"IT IS RAINING." HE SAID

HE SAID THAT IT WAS RAINING.

"IS IT RAINING?" HE ASKED

HE ASKED IF IT WAS RAINING.

"IT ISN'T RAINING." HE SAID

HE SAID IT WASN'T RAINING.

"WHAT IS HE DOING?" HE SAID

HE ASKED WHAT HE WAS DOING.

PAST SIMPLE

PAST PERFECT

"I DIDN'T SEE HIM." HE SAID

HE SAID HE HADN'T SEEN HIM.

"I SAW HIM." SHE SAID

SHE SAID SHE HAD SEEN HIM.

"DID YOU SEE HIM?" HE ASKED

HE ASKED IF I HAD SEEN HIM.

"WHO DID YOU SEE?" SHE ASKED

SHE ASKED WHO I HAD SEEN.

PRESENT PERFECT

PAST PERFECT

"SHE HAS JUST LEFT." HE SAID

HE SAID SHE HAD JUST LEFT.

"SHE HASN'T LEFT YET." HE SAID

HE SAID SHE HADN'T LEFT YET.

"HAS SHE LEFT YET? HE ASKED

HE ASKED IF SHE HAD LEFT.

"WHERE HAS SHE GONE? HE ASKED

PAST CONTINUOUS

HE ASKED WHERE SHE HAD GONE.

PAST CONTINUOUS/PAST PERF CONT

"I WAS READING." HE SAID

HE SAID HE HAD BEEN READING.

"I WASN'T READING." HE SAID

HE SAID HE HADN'T BEEN READING.

"WAS HE READING?" HE ASKED

HE ASKED IF HE HAD BEEN READING.

"WHAT WAS HE READING?"

HE ASKED WHAT HE WAS READING.

PAST PERFECT

PAST PERFECT

"I HAD ALREADY SEEN HER."

HE SAID HE HAD ALREADY SEEN HER.

"I HADN'T SEEN HER BEFORE."

HE SAID HE HADN'T SEEN HER.

"HAD YOU SEEN HER BEFORE?"

HE ASKED IF I HAD SEEN HER.

WILL/SHALL

WOULD/SHOULD

"THEY WILL BE LATE." HE SAID

HE SAID THEY WOULD BE LATE.

"WILL THEY BE LATE?" HE ASKED

HE ASKED IF HE WOULD BE LATE.

"THEY WON'T BE LATE." HE SAID

HE SAID THEY WOULDN'T BE LATE.

CAN/MAY

COULD/MIGHT

"I CAN SWIM." HE SAID

HE SAID HE COULD SWIM.

"IT MAY RAIN." THEY SAID

THEY SAID IT MIGHT RAIN.

WOULD/COULD/MIGHT/OUGHT/SHOULD

WOULD/COULD/MIGHT/OUGHT/SHOULD

"YOU COULD BE RIGHT." HE SAID

HE SAID I COULD BE RIGHT.

"THAT SHOULD BE NICE."

HE SAID IT SHOULD BE NICE.

"I WOULD GO." HE SAID

HE SAID HE WOULD GO.

MUST

MUST/HAD TO

"I MUST GO." HE SAID

HE SAID HE MUST GO.

"HE MUST SEE YOU." SHE SAID

SHE SAID HE HAD TO SEE ME.

NOW
HERE
TODAY
TONIGHT
TOMORROW
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
YESTERDAY
THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY
NEXT WEEK/YEAR ETC.
LAST WEEK/YEAR ETC.
A YEAR /WEEK AGO ETC.

THEN
THERE
THAT DAY
THAT NIGHT
THE NEXT DAY/THE FOLLOWING DAY
IN TWO DAYS' TIME
THE DAY BEFORE
TWO DAYS BEFORE
THE FOLLOWING WEEK/YEAR ETC.
THE PREVIOUS WEEK/YEAR ETC.
THE PREVIOUS YEAR/WEEK ETC.