DIRECT SPEECH
"I am exhausted," Tanuj said.
Tanuj said that he was exhausted.
"THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP", SHE SAID.
SHE SAID THAT THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP.
‘Grandma might arrive tomorrow,’ mother said to me.
Mother told me that grandma might arrive the following day.
"I WILL BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY" SARALA SAID.
SARALA SAID SHE WOULD BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY.
"WE HAVE BEEN TO THE SHOPPING CENTRE THIS AFTERNOON", MY FRIENDS SAID.
MY FRIENDS SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN TO THE SHOPPING CENTRE THAT AFTERNOON.
‘We can’t afford to spend any more time on this,’ I told them.
I told them that we couldn’t afford to spend any more time on that.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "NOW" TO...
THEN/AT THAT MOMENT
"I CAN GET A JOB IN LONDON" MITHUN SAID TO ME.
MITHUN TOLD ME THAT HE COULD GET A JOB IN LONDON.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PAST SIMPLE" TO...
PAST PERFECT (OR LEAVE AS PAST SIMPLE)
"MY FATHER MUST TRAVEL A LOT", SHE SAID.
SHE SAID THAT HER FATHER HAD TO TRAVEL A LOT.
Mother said,"Don't go near the sea, children."
The children's mother warned them not to go near the sea.
THE MAN SAID, "I HAVE SEEN YOU SOMEWHERE BEFORE."
THE MAN SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN ME SOMEWHERE BEFORE.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "CAN" TO AND "SHALL" TO ...
COULD
SHOULD
He said, "I shall return your magazines tomorrow."
He said that he would return my magazines the next day.
‘They will be finishing the job by Monday,’ he told me.
He told me that they would be finishing the job by Monday.
"DON'T SMOKE HERE" I TOLD ANKIT.
I TOLD ANKIT NOT TO SMOKE THERE.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "MUST" TO, AND "PAST PERFECT"...
HAD TO
PAST PERFECT - STAYS THE SAME
"DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON TIME", HIS TEACHER SAID.
HIS TEACHER TOLD HIM TO DO HIS HOMEWORK ON TIME.
‘I am not confident of getting the job,’ said Sonia.
Sonia said that she was not confident of getting the job.