Reported speech

Reported speech is also knwon as:

• direct speech

• indirect speech

• passive speech

• active speech

This is a direct speech sentence:

• She says: "I like tuna fish."

• She says that she likes tuna fish.

This is an indirect speech sentence:

• She says: "I like tuna fish."

• She says that she likes tuna fish.

In reported speech Simple Present changes to:

• Past Perfect

• Simple Past

• Past Continuous

• Present Perfect

In reported speech Present Continuous changes to:

• Past Perfect

• Simple Past

• Past Continuous

• Present Perfect

In reported speech will changes to:

• would

• could

• might

• going to

In reported speech Simple Past changes to:

• Simple Present

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continuous

In reported speech Past Continuous changes to:

• Simple Present

• Present Perfect

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continuous

"I can do it."

• He said he can do it.

• He said he would do it.

• He said he could do it.

• He said he might do it.

"May I go out?"

• He wanted to know if he might go out.

• He wanted to know if he may go out.

• He wanted to know if he could go out.

• He wanted to know if he must go out.