Таble XVIII Direct and Indirect speech

Direct

Indirect

Present Indefinite

Past Indefinite

You operate so well

Не said I operated so well

Present Continuous

Past Continuous

I’m waiting for a doctor

She said she was waiting for a doctor

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

The mouse has stolen the cheese

She told me that the mouse had stolen the cheese

Past Indefinite

Past Perfect

I made the provisional diagnosis yesterday

Не told me that he had made the provisional diagnosis the day before

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

I’ve been waiting for years

She said she had been waiting for years

Future Indefinite

Future Indefinite in the Past

I shall study better

He said he would study better

Request or order

The teacher said to the pupil, ‘Go to the blackboard’

A noun or pronoun in objective case

+infinitive

The teacher told the pupil to go to the blackboard

Negative form

We asked, ‘Mother, don’t be angry with us’

A particle not, before an infinitive

We asked mother not to be angry with us

Word-sentence

«Yes»

Не said,

‘Yes, I shall do it’

verbs: to agree,

to answer in the affirmative

Не agreed to do it

Не answered in the affirmative

Word-sentence

« ‘No’»

She answered, ‘No, I haven’t been there’

verbs: to reject,

to refuse,

to deny, to answer in the negative

She answered in the negative

She denied that she had been there

The Conditional Mood usage

обозначение действия, совершение которого зависит от определенных условий

If I were you,

I would speak about it

после глагола wishдля выражения желаемого действия в будущем

I wish you would be more polite

выражение вежливой просьбы

I should be too glad if you’d translate this article for me