DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED SPEECH
"I am exhausted" Tim said.
TIM SAID THAT HE WAS EXHAUSTED.
CHANGE "SIMPLE PRESENT" TO...
SIMPLE PAST
WE USE INDIRECT SPEECH WHEN WE WANT TO REPEAT WHAT SOMEBODY SAID.
FALSE - It is the Direct Speech
CHANGE "TODAY" TO...
THAT DAY
"I will buy a house one day" Sara said.
SARA SAID SHE WOULD BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY.
CHANGE "PRESENT PERFECT" TO...
PAST PERFECT
WHEN WE REPORT WHAT SOMEBODY SAID IN THE SIMPLE PAST WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE TENSE TO PAST PERFECT.
TRUE
CHANGE "NOW" TO...
THEN
"I got a job in London" Tim told me.
TIM TOLD ME THAT HE HAD GOTTEN A JOB IN LONDON.
CHANGE PAST SIMPLE" TO...
PAST PERFECT
WHEN DIRECT SPEECH, THE TENSES USUALLY GO ONE STEP BACK INTO THE PAST.
FALSE - It is in the Indirect Speech
CHANGE "YESTERDAY" TO...
THE PREVIOUS DAY / THE DAY BEFORE
"What are you doing now?" He asked her.
HE ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS DOING THEN.
CHANGE "CAN" TO...
COULD
WHEN WE USE TIME EXPRESSIONS IN INDIRECT SPEECH, DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE THEM?.
TRUE
CHANGE "TOMORROW" TO...
THE FOLLOWING DAY / THE NEXT DAY
"She must visit the doctor tomorrow" I told Ann.
I TOLD ANN THAT SHE HAD TO VISIT THE DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY.
CHANGE "MAY" TO...
MIGHT
IN INDIRECT SPEECH WE USE "SAID" WHEN YOU MENTION WHO HAD SPOKEN TO.
FALSE - It is "told"
CHANGE "THREE DAYS AGO" TO...
THREE DAYS BEFORE