DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED SPEECH
TENSES
REPORTED SPEECH TO DIRECT SPEECH
CORRECT / WRONG
WHO SAID...?
100

"I FINISHED MY TASK YESTERDAY" TIM SAID.

TIM SAID THAT HE HAD FINISHED HIS TASK THE DAY BEFORE.

100

Change the tense: wanted to come

had wanted to come

100
SHE SAID THAT THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP.
"THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP", SHE SAID.
100

They asked where did they live

WRONG

They asked where they lived

100

that he wanted to live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse?

James Dean
Marylin Monroe
Bruce Lee

James Dean

200
"I WILL BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY" SARA SAID.
SARA SAID SHE WOULD BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY.
200

Change the tense: has arrived

had arrived

200
MY FRIENDS SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN SHOPPING THAT AFTERNOON.
"WE HAVE BEEN SHOPPING THIS AFTERNOON", MY FRIENDS SAID.
200

 He asked where the department store was

CORRECT
200

that he knew that he knew nothing

Aristotle
Socrates
Einstein

Socrates

300

"CAN I GET A JOB IN LONDON?" TIM ASKED ME.

TIM ASK ME IF HE COULD GET A JOB IN LONDON.

300

Change the tense: was dreaming

had been dreaming
300
SHE SAID THAT HER FATHER MUST TRAVEL A LOT BECAUSE HE IS A SALESMAN.
"MY FATHER MUST TRAVEL A LOT BECAUSE HE'S A SALESMAN", SHE SAID.
300
He suggested to go to the cinema

WRONG

He suggested going to the cinema

300

he had not failed, that he had just found 10,000 ways that woudn't work. 

Forest Gump
Barack Obama
Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

400
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON SATURDAY" HE ASKED HER.
HE ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS DOING ON SATURDAY.
400

Change the tense: is going to leave

was going to leave

400

SUE TOLD ME THAT MARY'S BOYFRIEND LIVED IN PARIS.

"MARY'S BOYFRIEND LIVES IN PARIS", SUE TOLD ME.

400

He said her that he needed help

WRONG

He said to her that he needed help

400

that his secret was he was always angry.

Homer Simpson
Terminator
Hulk

Hulk

500
"DON'T SMOKE HERE" I TOLD ANN.
I TOLD ANN NOT TO SMOKE THERE.
500

Change the tense: may rain

might rain

500
HIS TEACHER TOLD HIM TO DO HIS HOMEWORK ON TIME IF HE WANTED TO GET A GOOD GRADE.
"DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON TIME IF YOU WANT TO GET A GOOD GRADE", HIS TEACHER SAID.
500

The teacher told him not to shout

CORRECT

500

that when life got you down you had to keep swimming

The little Mermaid
Dory in Finding Nemo
Aquaman

Dory in Finding Nemo

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