DIRECT & REPORTED SPEECH

He said, “I have read this novel.”

• He said that he has read this novel.

• He said that he had read that novel.

• He said that he read that novel.

• He said that he had read this novel.

Leah requested me to bring her a ballpen.

• She said, “Leah, please bring me a ballpen.”

• Leah said, “Will you bring me a ballpen.”

• “Please bring me a ballpen," Leah requested.

• “Please bring Leah a ballpen”, said he

“I’m not asking you,” said MacArthur.

• MacArthur said that I did not ask him.

• MacArthur said that he will not ask him.

• MacArthur said that I am not asking him.

• MacArthur said that he was not asking him.

“I’m at your service,” I stated.

• I stated that I am at your service.

• I stated that he is at your service.

• He stated that I am at your service.

• He stated that he was at your service.

“I’m a nurse,” she said.

• She said that she was a nurse.

• She said that he was a nurse.

• She said that you were a nurse.

• She said that they were nurses.

“I’m not going,” he said.

• He said that she was going.

• He said that he wasn’t going.

• He said that they weren’t going.

• He said that you were going.

“Tony did it,” he said.

• He said that Tony had done it.

• He said that Tony has done it.

• He said that Tony have done it.

• He said that Tony do it.

“I ate the pie,” Alvir said.

• Alvir said that he ate the pie.

• Alvir said that he eats the pie.

• Alvir said that he had eaten the pie.

• Alvir said that they had eaten the pie.

“I am here in the church,” Gerlie said.

• Gerlie said that she was in the church.

• Gerlie said that she is in the church.

• Gerlie said that she was not in the church.

• Gerlie said that you were in the church.

“Stop making that noise,” she said.

• She said to stop that noise.

• She said that stop that noise.

• He asked to stop that noise.

• He asked stop that noise.