-Erfin said, “I am so happy”.
-They said, “We have watched football game”.
-She asks me, “Are you sleepy?” She asks me wether I am sleepy
-He has told us, “I am hungry.” He told us that he is hungry
-She told me,“the sun rises in the east”.
She told me that the sun rises in the east
Direct Speech:
Simple Present Tense
Present Continuous Tense
Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Simple Past Tense
Simple Future Tense
Future Continouos Tense
Conditional
Indirect speech, also called reported speech or indirect discourse, is a means of expressing the content of statements, questions or other utterances, without quoting them explicitly as is done in direct speech. For example, He said "I'm coming" is direct speech, whereas He said he was coming is indirect speech. Indirect speech should not be confused with indirect speech acts.
Past Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
Past Perfect Tense
Past Future Tense/Conditional
Past Future Continuous Tense (Conditional Continuous)
| No | Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
| 01 | He said, "I have a present for you in my bag." | He said that he had a present for me in his bag. |
| 02 | He asked me, "why do you come late." | He asked me why I came late. |
| 03 | He orderd me, "don't bring a bag." | He ordered me to didn't bring a bag. |
| No | Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
| 01 | They asked me, "Do you want to join us to play football?" | They asked me if/whether I want to join them to play football. |
| 02 | He asked me, "Does she want to mary me?" | He asked me if/whether she wants to mary her. |
| No | Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
| 01 | Simple Present | Simple Past |
| 02 | Present Continuous | Past Continuous |
| 03 | Present Future | Past Future |
| 04 | Present Perfect | Past Perfect |
| 05 | Present Perfect Continuous | Past Perfect Continuous |
| 06 | Simple Past | Past Perfect |
| 07 | Past Continuous | Past Perfect Continuous |