REPORTED SPEECH
Direct Speech Indirect Speech
Present simple Past simple
Present continuous Past continuous
Present perfect Past perfect
Past simple Past perfect
Past continuous Past perfect continuous
Past perfect Past perfect
EXAMPLE :
1 •. Ahlam said “ I am sick ” (direct
speech)
Verb to be “present simple”
➢ Ahlam said that she was sick (indirect
speech)
Verb to be “past simple”
2 . Saad said “I am playing video games” (direct speech)
Verb to play “present continuous”
Saad said that he was playing video games” (indirect
speech)
Verb to play “past continuous”
3. The baker said “I ran out of bread 30 minutes ago” (direct speech)
Verb to run “past simple”
The baker said that he had run out of bread 30 minutes ago” (indirect speech)
Verb to run “past pefrect”
Model Verbs
Will Would
Can Could
Must Had to
May Might
Shall Would
EXAMPLE :
1 •. I will buy a car (direct
speech)
➢ He said that he would buy a car (indirect
speech)
2 •. The prime minister couldn’t decide (direct
➢ speech)
He said that the prime minister couldn’t
decide (direct speech)
Teracher : Hamza Tichicht
REPORTED SPEECH
PLACE AND TIME EXPRESSION
• Today • That day
• Yesterday • The day before
• The day before yesterday • Two days before
• Tomorrow • The following day/The next day
• The day after tomorrow • Two days later
• Last week/month/year • The previous week/month/year
• next week/month/year • The following week/month/year
• Ago • Before
• This • That
• This/that • The
• now • Then / At that time
• here • There
EXAMPLE :
• She said “I bought this dress yesterday” (direct speech).
➢ She said she had bought that dress the day before” (indirect speech)
YES OR NO QUESTIONS
• He asked “did you see your father last week?” (direct speech)
➢ He asked me if I had seen your father the previous week” (indirect speech)
WH QUESTIONS
• He asked “What movie have you watched this week?” (direct
speech)
➢ He asked me what movie I had watched that week” (indirect speech)
Practice :
Rewrite the sentences bellow in indirect speech
Teracher : Hamza Tichicht
