REPORTED SPEECH
(Indirect Speech)
GRAMMAR COURSE – I
WEEK - !3
DIRECT SPEECH VS.
REPORTED SPEECH
DIRECT:
“I’m tired,” she said.
REPORTED:
She said that she was tired.
Change:
I she
Tense more past: present simple past simple
Punctuation
DIRECT SPEECH VS.
REPORTED SPEECH
I. INTRODUCTORY VERB:
PRESENT/ FUTURE No tense change
D. “I’m tired,” she says.
R. She says that she is tired.
Pronouns: changed I she
Tenses: unchanged present = present
DIRECT SPEECH VS.
REPORTED SPEECH
II. INTRODUCTORY VERB: PAST
Tense change
D. “I’m tired,” she said.
R. She said that she was tired.
Pronouns: changedI she
Tenses: changed present past
TENSE CHANGE
DIRECT REPORTED
1. Present Simple 1. Past Simple
2. Present Continuous 2. Past Continuous
3. Present Perfect Simple 3. Past Perfect Simple
4. Present Perfect Continuous 4. Past Perfect Continuous
5. Past Simple 5. Past Perfect Simple