Mastering Direct and Indirect Speech

Change to indirect speech: He said, 'I am going to the market.'

• He said that he was going to the market.

• He said that he is going to the market.

• He said that he was going to a store.

• He said that he will go to the market.

Change to indirect speech: She said, 'I will finish my homework.'

• She said that she would finish her homework.

• She said that she will finish her homework.

• She said that she had finished her homework.

• She said that she is finishing her homework.

Change to indirect speech: They said, 'We have seen that movie.'

• They said they saw that movie.

• They said that they had seen that movie.

• They said that they will see that movie.

• They said that they have seen that movie.

Change to indirect speech: John said, 'I can help you with that.'

• John said that I can help him with that.

• John said that he can help you with that.

• John said he could help you with that.

• John said that he could help me with that.

Change to indirect speech: The teacher said, 'You must submit your assignments.'

• The teacher said that the students could submit their assignments.

• The teacher said that the students had to submit their assignments.

• The teacher said, 'You must not submit your assignments.'

• The teacher told the students to submit their homework.

Change to indirect speech: She said, 'I was reading a book.'

• She said that she had read a book.

• She said that she was reading a book.

• She said that she had been reading a book.

• She said that she is reading a book.

Change to indirect speech: He said, 'I have been waiting for an hour.'

• He said that he had been waiting for an hour.

• He said that he had waited for an hour.

• He said that he was waiting for an hour.

• He said that he has been waiting for an hour.

Change to indirect speech: They said, 'We are playing soccer.'

• They said, 'We were playing soccer.'

• They said they are playing soccer.

• They said that they were playing soccer.

• They said that they play soccer.

Change to indirect speech: She said, 'I would like some ice cream.'

• She said that she would like some ice cream.

• She said, 'I would like some ice cream.'

• She said that she would like ice cream.

• She said that she wants some ice cream.

Change to indirect speech: He said, 'I am studying for the exam.'

• He said that he was studying the exam.

• He said that he was studying for the exam.

• He said that he is studying for the exam.

• He said, 'I am studying for the exam.'