Reported speech

Reported speech

Reported speech

Reported speech

Alyoshina V.V.

Alyoshina V.V.

Present tenses

Direct speech

Reported speech

1.

Present Simple

He said, “I get up at 8 o'clock”

1.

Past Simple

He said that he got up at 8

o'clock.

2. Present Progressive

She said, “I am reading a book”

2. Past Progressive

She said that she was

reading a book

3. Present perfect

She said, “I have spoken to the

teacher”

3. Past Perfect

She said that she had

spoken to the teacher

4

. Present Perfect Progressive

He said, “I have been waiting

for you since 10”

4. Past Perfect Progressive

He said that he had been

waiting for me since 10

Past Tenses

Direct speech

Reported speech

1.

Past Simple

Ann said, “I saw it yesterday”

1.

Past Perfect

Ann said that she had seen it

the day before.

2. Past Progressive

He said, “I was watching my

favourite programme”

2. Past Perfect Progressive

He said that he had been

watching his favourite

programme

3. Past Perfect

He said, “I had watched TV

by 4 p.m.”

3. Past Perfect

He said that he had watched

TV by 4 p.m.

Future Tenses

Direct speech

Reported speech

Future Simple

“I will watch this

show tomorrow” said

Ann.

Future-in-the Past

Ann said that she would

watch that programme

the next day

This

These

Here

Now

Today

Yesterday

Last night

Last week/year

Ago

Tomorrow

This year

This week

Next week

Next year

That

Those

there

Than

That day

The day before

The previous night

The previous week/ year

Before

The next day

That year

That week

The following week

The next year

1.

Mary said, “I am so tired.”

Mary said that she was so tired

2. She said, “I will help you later”

She said that she would help me later.

3. “I saw him last week” said he

He said that he had seen him the week

before.

4. “You have to visit this concert” Mike

added

Mike added that we had to visit those

concert.

5. “I'll sleep well tonight” said Arnie

Arnie said that he would sleep well

that night.

6. “Alan has been waiting for Mary

since 10” Sally said

Sally said that Alan had been waiting

for Mary since 10

7. Tim said “I am reading a magazine”

Tim said that he was reading a

magazine