DIRECT SPEECH ON SUNDAY		TENSE CHANGE		INDIRECT SPEECH ON MONDAY
I am very tired		AM/ARE/IS WAS/WERE		She said she was very tired.
I am studying English.		PRESENT CONTINUOUS PAST CONTINUOUS		He said he was studying English.
He goes to school by bus.		PRESENT SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE		He said he went to school by bus.
They lost their dog.		PAST SIMPLE PAST PERFECT		She said they had lost their dog.
I have an exam.		HAVE/HAS HAD		He said he had an exam.
I will go to bed.		WILL WOULD		She said she would go to bed.
He can tidy the room.		CAN COULD		She said he could tidy the room.
DIRECT SPEECH		INDIRECT SPEECH
TODAY		THAT DAY
NOW		THEN
TONIGHT		THAT NIGHT
YESTERDAY		THE DAY BEFORE/THE PEREVIOUS DAY
LAST WEEK/MONTH		THE PREVIOUS WEEK/MONTH
A YEAR/MONTH AGO		A YEAR/MONTH BEFORE
TOMORROW		THE NEXT DAY/THE FOLLOWING DAY
NEXT WEEK/MONTH		THE FOLLOWING WEEK/MONTH
THIS MORNING		THAT MORNING
NOW		THEN
HERE		THERE
BEFORE		EARLIER

When we tell people what somebody said or thought, we often use inderect speech.Tenses and pronouns (I,you etc) change in indirect speech if the time and speaker are different.

When we tell people what somebody said in the past,there is time difference.(For example, somebody said something on Sunday, and I tell you about on Monday.)Becouse of this, tenses usually change as follows.

REPORT KATE'S SENTENCES.

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1.I'm living in Turkey.

2.My father isn't at home.

3.I haven't seen my uncle for

two weeks.

4.I want to go on holiday.

5.I'm going to see my sister.

6.Tom works very hard.

7.They will have an exam tomarrow.

8.I can ride a bike easily.

9.I was in hospital last night.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER.

1.I said/told the driver I wanted to stop.

2.My mother said/told there was a letter for me.

3.Everybody said/told I looked beautiful.

4.I didn't say/tell Peter that I was going away.

5.He said/told he was tired.

6.Anna said/told she didn't like Peter.

7.Jack said/told met hat you were ill.

8.The woman said/told she was a reporter.

9.They asked me a lot of questions, but I didn't say/tell

them anything.

10.Dan said/told that he would wait at the bus stop.

11.Jim said/told me about the party last night.

12.Our teacher said/told he was pleased with our work.

13.He said/told he could't remember her name.

14.He said/told me what a beautiful girl she was.

15.My mother said/told me that she had a headache.

REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN INDIRECT SPEECH

1.I said”Your boooks are on the desk.”

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2.Sam said”I will be at home tomarrow.”

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3.The teacher said”You can solve the problem easily.”

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4.My mum said”There aren't enough eggs to make an

omlette.”

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5.The policeman said”Give me your driving licience.”

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6.He asked”Have you ever seen London before?”

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7.She said”I forgot my keys.”

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8.Mary said”I have a meeting at 4 p.m.”

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We can use both say and tell in indirect speech.Tell must have a personal object: We tell somebody something. Say doesn't need a personal object: we say something (to somebody).

She told me I was late.(NOT She told I was late.)

They told Ann the wrong time.(NOT They told the wrong time to Ann.)

She said I was late.(NOT She said me I was late.)

I said nothing to the police.(NOT I said the police nothing.)

After present verbs (for example she says, I think) we don't change the tenses.

DIRECT SPEECH

I come from Turkey.

INDIRECT SPEECH

She says she comes from Turkey.

REPORTED QUESTIONS

In Reported Questions we use affirmative word order and the question mark is omitted. To report a wh-question, we use ask followed by the question word (who,what,etc.) When there is no question word in direct questions, if or whether is used in REPORTED QUESTIONS. Pronouns,possesive adjectives,tenses,time expressions etc.change as in statements.

DIRECT SPEECH

He asked, “What time is it?”

INDIRECT SPEECH

He asked what time it was.

DIRECT SPEECH

He asked me, “Do you know her?”

INDIRECT SPEECH

He asked me if/whether I knew her.

We use ask or tell + infinitive (with to), to say what people want(ed) us to do.

DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH

“Please close the door.” She asked me to close the door.

“Could you phone Tom?” I asked Ann to phone Tom.

“Get out!” She told me to get out.

“Don't worry.” My mum says me not to worry.

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A POLICEMAN STOPPED A DRIVER AND ASKED HER SOME QUESTIONS.WRITE THE QUESTIONS IN INDIRECT SPEECH.

1.What's your name?

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2.Where is your driving licience?

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3.Where do you live?

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4.What's your job?

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5.Where are you going?

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6.Where were you last night?

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COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE RIGHT WORDS.

1.I'm not happy here.

She said she wasn't happy -----there-----.

2.I left home at 8 p.m.last night.

She said that she had left home at 8 p.m. ----------.

3.Will you be at home tonight?

She asked me if I would be at home ----------.

4.I am going to call him tomarrow.

She said that she was going to call him ----------.

5.Are you leaving today?

She asked me if I was leaving ----------.

6.I'll be at home tomarrow morning.

She said she would be at home ----------.

7.I'm going fishing this week.

She said she was going fishing ----------.

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