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Reported Speech
Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
Statement
Statement
Command/Prohibition
Command/Prohibition
Yes-No Question
WH (Informative) Question
Yes-No Question
WH (Informative) Question
She asked me, "When will you buy a She asked me when 1 would by a new
new hat?"
hat.
There are some changes in tense, pronoun, adverbs of time and place for Indirect Question and Indirect
Statement. And there is no change of tense for indirect imperative. (See Table 1 and 2).
Table 1, Change of Tense
No.
Direct Speech
1
Simple Present Tense
2
Present Continuous Tense
3
Present Perfect Tense
4
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
5
Present Future Tense
6
Present Future Continuous Tense
7
Simple Past Tense
8
Past Continuous Tense
Table 2. The Change of Adverbs
No. Direct Speech
1
Now
2
Today
3
Yesterday
4
Tomorrow
5
Next...
6
... ago
7
Last...
8
This week
9
Here
10 This/That (Adjective)
Example: This book/that book
Indirect Speech
Simple Past Tense
Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Future Tense
Past Future Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Indirect Speech
Then
That day
The day before
The next day/the following day
Following
... before/the previous ...
The previous
That week
There
The
The book