Reported speech tenses exercises
Change of tenses
The tenses, word-order, pronouns may be different from those in the direct speech sentence. The Past Perfect Tense does not change in the Reported Speech.
Direct speech | Reported speech | |
Ann said: | "I want ice-cream." | Ann said that she wanted ice-cream. |
Simple Past | Simple Present | Simple Past |
Simple Past |
Simple Past Present Perfect Past Perfect |
Past Perfect |
Simple Past | will | would |
Questions - reported speech
"Do you like Jake?"
She asked me
if/whether I
liked Jake.
Questions with question words
Who is your
friend?
She asked me who my friend was.
Direct speech | Reported speech - Indirect speech | |
Change of pronouns |
I We my your our me us |
⇒ he/she ⇒ they ⇒ his/her ⇒ my ⇒ their ⇒ him/her ⇒ them |
Change of place and time words |
here today this morning yesterday tomorrow next week next month |
⇒ there ⇒ that day ⇒ that morning ⇒ the day before ⇒ the next day ⇒ the following week ⇒ the following month |
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