Direct & Indirect Speech

My brother said, “We were playing at the park”.

• My brother says they are playing in the park.

• My brother said they were playing in the park.

• My brother said they had been playing in the park.

• My brother said they have been playing in the park.

She said to me, "What is your name?"

• She asked me what my name was.

• She said to me what was my name.

• She asked me what was my name.

• She said to me what my name was.

"I saw your father yesterday," he said to me.

I said to my nephew, “Open the door.”

• I asked to my nephew not to open the door.

• I say my nephew to open the door.

• I said to my nephew to open the door.

• I ordered my nephew to open the door.

He said to his friend, “Please come to my house.”

• He said his friend to come to his house.

• He asked his friend to come to his house.

• He commands his friend to come to his house.

• He ordered his friend to come to his house.

He said to his sister, “Don’t go there.”

• He forbade his sister to go there.

• He asked his sister to go there.

• He commanded his sister to go there.

• He forbade his sister not to go there.

Gary said, “I will go to New York”.

• Gary asked that he would go to New York.

• Gary said that I would go to New York.

• Gary said that he would go to New York.

• Gary said that he would not go to New York.

Mom said, “I will have cleaned the shirt”.

• Mom allowed me that she would have cleaned the shirt.

• Mom asked that I would clean the shirt.

• Mom said that she would have clean the shirt.

• Mom said that she would have cleaned the shirt.

Debora said, “I have completed the task”.

• Debora said that she has completed the task.

• Debora said that she have completed the task.

• Debora said that she had completed the task.

• Debora said that she would complete the task.

Jenny said, “I will be feeding my dog”.

• Jenny said that she would be feeding her dog.

• Jenny said that she would have been feeding her dog.

• Jenny said that she would feed her dog.

• Jenny says that she would feed her dog.