The document discusses how to report direct speech in reported speech using different tenses and structures. It provides examples of direct speech and how to report that speech using the past, past perfect, future, conditional, can/could, may/might, and must/had to structures. The direct speech is reported based on whether it is referring to the present, past, future, or other conditions.

1. PRESENTATION Reported Speech

2. PRESENT I work in Barcelona. I am doing my job. He said he worked in Barcelona. She said she was doing her job. Direct Speech Reported Speech PAST

3. PAST I worked in Barcelona for 6 months. I saw a good film on TV. He said he had worked in Barcelona. She told me she had seen a good film on TV. Direct Speech Reported Speech PAST PERFECT

4. PRESENT PERFECT I’ve done this before. I have been working here for two years. He said he had done taht before. She told me she had been working there for two years. Direct Speech Reported Speech PAST PERFECT

5. FUTURE I’ll help you. I won’t listen to you. He said he would help me. She said she wouldn’t listend to me. Direct Speech Reported Speech CONDITIONAL

6. CAN I can stay with you. He said he could stay with me. Direct Speech Reported Speech COULD

7. MAY I may go finishing tomorrow. He said he might go fishing the following day. Direct Speech Reported Speech MIGHT

8. MUST I must go to the doctor. He said he had to go to the doctor. Direct Speech Reported Speech HAD TO

9. Time and Place Reference

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