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quoted /direct speech

Reported/Indirect Speech

Saying exactly what someone has said

Is the exact meaning what someone said but not the exact words

E.g. "I'm going to the cinema", he said.

E.g. He said he was going to the cinema

Expressions with Say

Expressions with Tell

Expressions with Ask

SAY: good morning/evening etc, something, one's prayers, a few words, so, no more, for certain,

for sure etc

TELL: the truth, a lie, (sb) the time, sb one's name, a story, sb a secret, sb the way, one from another,

sb's fortune, sb so, the difference

ask a favour, ask the time, ask a question, ask the price etc

Tense

Changes to

Direct speech

Reported speech

Present  Simple

• Past Simple

“She plays the piano,” he said.

He said (that) she played the piano.

Present continuous

• Past continuous

“It is raining,” he said.

He said (that) it was raining

Present perfect continuous

• past perfect continuous

“I have been waiting for you,” she replied.

She replied she had been waiting for me.

Past simple

• Past simple / past perfect

“I did it,” she said.

She said she had done it. / She said she did it.

Present perfect

• Past perfect

“I have been there,” mark told me.

Mark told me he had been there.

Past continuous

• Past perfect continuous

“I was sleeping,” he said.

He said he had been sleeping.

Future simple

• Would

“I will finish it,” Alan promised.

Allan promised he would finish it

Future continuous

• Would + be + ing form.

“I’ll be working home,” she said.

She said she would be working home.