DIRECT AND REPORTED SPEECH A) GRAMMAR TENSES [Dinecr speeCH SIMPLE PRESENT He said, “I never eat meat” ~__ REDORTED SPE SIMPLE PAST H said that he never ate PRESENT CONTINUOUS He said, “I'm waiting for Ann” PAST CONTINUOUS: | He said that he was waiting for Ann. | He said, “I will/shall be in Paris on Monday” PRESENT PERFECT __ | PAST PERFECT He said, “Ihave found a flat” _ © | He said that he had found a flat. PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS __| PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS He said, “'ve been waiting for ages” © _| He said that he’d been waiting for ages ‘SIMPLE PAST __| PAST PERFECT She said, “I took it home with me” © _| she said that he had taken it home with her. FUTURE CONDITIONAL He said that he would be in Paris on Monday. FUTURE CONTINUOUS She said, “I will/shall be using the car myself on the 24h” ‘CONDITIONAL CONTINUOUS She said that he'd been using the car herself ‘on the 24%. | | CONDITIONAL L1said, “I would like ‘CONDITIONAL | | said that | would like to see it 8) MopALs DIRECT SPEECH 7 REPORTED SPEECH ‘CAN COULD He said, “I cando it” He said that he could do it _ MAY _ | MIGHT He said, “May | go out?” * | He wanted to know if he might go out MUST _ | MUST/HAD TO. He said, “She must apply for the job”_| —_| He said that she must/had to apply for the job. ‘WILL | wouLD He said, “They will call you" | He told her that they would call her DO/DOES ~ foo She said, “I don't like my job” *_| she said that she didn’t like her job. ) REQUEST / COMMANDS DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH ] POSITIVE IMPERATIVE __ | TELL + IMPERATIVE Shut up! © _| He told me to shut up. | NEGATIVE IMPERATIVE Don’t do that again! TELL + NOT + INFINITIVE He told me not to do it again IMPERATIVE AS REQUEST Please give me some money ASK + INFINITIVE He asked me to give him some money.