The document discusses the rules for changing direct speech into reported speech in English. It provides examples of changing the tense and pronouns when direct speech is reported, including changes to questions, statements with modal verbs, and imperative statements.

1. I don’t want to
drink beer!

2. John said he …..
didn’t want to drink
beer!

3. PAST
PRESENT
SIMPLE
SIMPLE
PERFECT
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
CONTINUOUS

4. PAST
PAST
PERFECT
SIMPLE
PERFECT
PERFECT
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
CONTINUOUS

5. FUTURE AND MODALS
WOULD
WILL
COULD
CAN
HAD TO
MUST
MIGHT
MAY
WAS GOING TO
IS GOING TO

6. FUTURE AND MODALS
WOULD
WOULD
COULD
COULD
HAD TO
HAD TO
MIGHT
MIGHT
WAS GOING TO
WAS GOING TO

7. REAL WORDS
(DIRECT SPEECH)
John: “……”
REPEATED WORDS
(REPORTED SPEECH)
John said ……….

8. REAL QUESTION
(DIRECT SPEECH)
John: “……”
REPEATED QUESTION
(REPORTED SPEECH)
asked / wondered//wanted to know…
John .. ………………………………………………..
Are you a doctor?
if I was a doctor
Do you live here?
if I lived there
Can you play
tennis?
if I could play
tennis

9. REAL QUESTION
(DIRECT SPEECH)
John: “……”
REPEATED QUESTION
(REPORTED SPEECH)
asked / wondered // wanted to know…
John .. ………………………………………………..
What‘s your job?
what my job was
Where do you live ?
where I lived
What languages
will you speak?
what languages I
would speak

10. REAL QUESTION
(DIRECT SPEECH)
REPEATED QUESTION
(REPORTED SPEECH)
John: “……”
John ..asked me
………………………………………………..
Can you be quiet,
please?
to be quiet
Stop eating
chocolate
to stop eating
chocolate
Don’t use your
mobile phone
not to use my
mobile phone