Easy tasks
When going from direct speech to indirect speech, verbs in the present simple are changed to which tense?
Past simple
She said : “I‘m a doctor “
She said that she was a doctor
July said : “ We lived in China for five years.”
July told me that they had lived in China for five years.
“ When did Margo finish school?” - she asked
She asked when Margo had finished school.
“Stop talking, girls!” - the teacher said.
The teacher told the girls to stop talking.
How we change verb “can” when we use indirect speech
Could
He said : ”I’m not going to party tonight.”
He said that he wasn’t going to party that night.
“ I had just turned out the light “ he said
He said that he had just turned out the light
“ Did you visit LA?” - Bob asked
Bob asked me if you had visited LA
Masha asked “ Can I open the window?”
Masha asked if she could open the window
When going from direct speech to indirect speech, verbs in the past simple are changed to which tense?
Past perfect
She said: “ I have worked hard today“
She said that she had worked hard that day
She said: ”I had a cold a week ago”
She said that she had had a cold a week before
She asked: ” How did you do that?”
She asked me how I had did it.
Mom said : “ I’ll go to the theatre tomorrow“
Mom said she would go to the theatre the next day
How we change ”will“ when we use indirect speech
Would
He said: “ I have gone to school every day“
He said that he had gone to school every day
Tom said: “ I am watching the football match.“
Tom said that he was watching the football match.
“Did she take my car, without my permission?!” - he said angrily
He asked angrily whether she had took my car, without my permission
"Please don't start talking" - the teacher asked the students.
The teacher asked the students not to start talking.
Direct speech - Indirect speech
1) today - ?
2) ? - there
3) last night - ?
1) that day
2) here
3) the previous night / the night before
My friend said : “ I have read this book twice”
My friend said that he had read that book twice.
Mom asked me: “Did you clean your room on Saturday?”
Mom asked me whether/if I had cleaned my room on Saturday.
The policeman said to the boy: “ Where do you live?”
The policeman asked the boy where he lived.
Direct speech - indirect speech
1) will - ?
2) ? - past perfect
3) tomorrow - ?
4 ) ? - past continuous
5) must - ?
1) would
2) past simple /present perfect
3) the next day/the following day
4) present continuous
5) had to