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Reported Speech - English lesson

Direct Speech                     Indirect Speech

Present Simple       Past Simple

She said:' It is a warm day '.                   She said it was a warm day.

Present Continuous                    Past Continuous

He said: ' I am teaching English at the junior school '.                           He said he was teaching English at the junior school.  

Present Perfect   Past Perfect

Tom said: ' I have just arrived '.   Tom said he had just arrived.

Present Perfect Continuous          Past Perfect Continuous

He said: ' I have been running '.                    He said he had been running.

Past Simple                      Past Perfect

Susan said: ' I bought a bike '.                                                               Susan said she had bought a bike.

Past Continuous   Past Perfect Continuous

She said: ' I was reading a book '.                                                         She said she had been reading a book.

Past Perfect            Past Perfect

He said: ' I had seen my father '.                                                             He said he had seen his father.

Past Perfect Continuous   Past Perfect Continuous

Jack said: ' I had been having dinner '.                                                    Jack said he had been having dinner.

Future Simple                      Would

He said: ' I will buy it '.                    He said he would buy it.

Future Continuous                      Would + be + ing

Ann said: ' I will be going  '.                                                                   Ann said she would be going.

Future Perfect   Would  have + Past Participle

He said: ' I will have returned from Spain by the end of this month '.         He said he would have returned from Spain by the end of that month.

Future Perfect Continuous          Would have been + ing

Kate said: ' I will have been learning for 3 months '.                                   Kate said she would have been learning for 3 months.

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1. Ann: ' Where does your brother park his car? '. Ann asked me where my brother had parkedparkingparkedI don't know his car.

2. He said: ' I won't go'. He said he wouldn't gowouldn't have gonewould goI don't know.

3. She said: ' I was in New York last year '. She said she werehad beenbeI don't know in New York the year before.

4. Annette said: ' I was cooking '. Annette said she would cookhad been cookingwere cookingI don't know.

5. He said: ' I'm going to watch a film this week '. He said he had gonewas goingwere goingI don't know to watch a film that week.

6. Tim said: ' I have been to Paris '. Tim said he ishad beenwasI don't know to Paris.

7. He said: ' I will be staying at a hotel in France '. He said he would be stayingwould stayhad been stayingI don't know at a hotel in France.

8. She said: ' I was eating dinner '. She said she had been eatinghad eatenwas eatenI don't know dinner.

9. Eva said: ' I had taken Spanish lessons before '. Eva said she had takenwas takinghad been takingI don't know Spanish lessons before.

10. She said:' I've been doing this for three years'. She said she had donewas doinghad been doingI don't know that for three years.

11. He said:' I will have been studying English for 4 years by 2014.' He said he had been studiedwould studywould have been studyingI don't know for 4 years by 2014.

12. Rick said: 'I will be rich one day'. Rick said he waswould bewould have beenI don't know rich one day.

13. He said:' My parents are English teachers'. He said his parents had beeniswereI don't know English teachers.

14. She asked me: ' Did you see that film last month?'. She asked me if I had been seeinghad seensawI don't know that film the month before.

15. Olga said:' I don't like soups'. Olga said she had likedlikeddidn't likeI don't know soups.