Reported Speech

There are three kinds of reported speech :

Command :

He asked me, “go away”!

He told me to go away.

Prohibition

she asked me. “ don’t come late”

she warned me not to come late.

Note : the reporting verbs that are used to report imperative sentence are : tell, order, command, ask, warn, remind.
Positive :

- Present tense Past Tense

He said, “I want to buy a car.” He said that he wanted to buy a car.

- Past tense Past Perfect

He said “I missed the train” He said that he had missed the train.

- Present Continous Past Continous tense

He said “ I am lerning English “ He said that he was learning English

- Present Perfect tense Past Perfect Tense

He said “ My father has gone to his office” He said that his father had gone to his office

Question :

- Yes-No question

e.g : Mother asked me,” Do you like cakes?

Mother asked me wheter I liked cakes.

- Question word

e.g : Shinta asked, “what is your name?”

Shinta wanted to know what my name is.

In time expressions and pronouns :

1. now = then

2. today/tonight = that day/that night

3. yesterday = the day before

4. tomorrow = the next/the following

5. last week = the previous week

6. next week = the following week

7. ago = before

8. this/these = that / those

9. here = there