Direct Speech

Reported Speech

John: "I'm going to work hard today."

Mr. Strong: "Take this newspaper to Mr. Brown"

Mother: "Let's have dinner at the Chinese restaurant"

Ann: "Hurry up, please!"

Jane: "Don't tell her about the accident"

Carol: "Do you really believe his story"

Mr Right: "Do you want to discuss this problem now or a bit later?"

Marge: "How long will they stay in the city?"

John says, he's going to work hard today.

Mr Strong tells his son to take

the newspaper to Mr. Brown.

Mother suggests having dinner at the Chinese restaurant.

Ann asks (tells) her friend to hurry up.

Jane asks me not to tell her about the accident.

Carol asks if/whether 1 really believe his story.

Mr Right asks whether we want to discuss this problem now or a bit later.

Marge asks (wonders) how long they will stay in the city. ( direct word order)

Present Simple -» Past Simple

Tim said, "Our teacher is very

strict"

Tim said that their teacher was

very strict.

Past Simple -» Past Perfect

"Martin promised to come", Helen said to them. Helen told them that Martin had promised to come.

Future ( Simple, Progressive, Perfect) -»

Future in the Past (Simple, Progressive, Perfect)

T’ll join you in the evening"

Peter said.

Peter said that he would join us

in the evening.

T’ll be waiting for them at 5

o'clock", she said.

She said , she would be waiting

for them at 5 o" clock.

Present Progressive -» Past Progressive

"Joe is leaving for Glasgow", he

said.

He said that Joe was leaving for

Glasgow.

Past Progressive -» Past Perfect Progressive

"She was travelling around Europe at that time.", Rita said. Rita said, that she had been travelling around Europe at that time.

Present Perfect -» Past Perfect

"Mr.. Smith has been in the office

since morning", the secretary

replied.

The secretary said that Mr. Smith

had been in the office since

morning.

Present Perfect Progressive -* Past Perfect Progressive

T’ve been waiting for you since early morning", said George. George said, he had been waiting for us since early morning.

No change: Past Perfect -» Past Perfect

Past Perfect Progressive -* Past Perfect Progressive