The document discusses the rules for changing direct speech into reported speech in English. It provides examples of how to change the verb tenses, pronouns, place and time references when reporting what someone said. Key aspects covered include changing the present tense into the past tense, changing pronouns like "I" and "you" depending on who is speaking, and replacing words like "today", "tomorrow" and "here" with equivalent words like "that day", "the following day" and "there".

3. • Verbs
• Pronouns
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
O EXAMPLE
O DIRECT: Mary said: “They are seeing me
tomorrow”
O REPORTED: Mary said that they were seeing her
the following day

4. DIRECT SPEECH 
• PRESENT 
• We study
• We are studying
• PAST 
• We studied
• We were studying
• FUTURE 
• We will study
REPORTED SPEECH
• PAST
• She said that they studied
• She said that they were studying
• PAST PERFECT
• She said that they had studied
• She said that they had been
studying
• CONDITIONAL
• She said that they would study

5. TENSE DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
PRESENT SIMPLE
I play tennis with my
friends
She said that she played tennis with her
friends
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
I am playing tennis with my
friends
She said that she was playing tennis
with her friends
PRESENT PERFECT
SIMPLE
I have played tennis with
my friends
She said that she had played tennis with
her friends
PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
I have been playing tennis
with my friends
She said that she had been playing
tennis with her friends
PAST SIMPLE
I played tennis with my
friends
She said that she had played tennis with
her friends
PAST CONTINUOUS
I were playing tennis with
my friends
She said that she had been playing
tennis with her friends
PAST PERFECT
SIMPLE
I had played tennis with my
friends
She said that she had played tennis with
her friends
PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
I had been playing tennis
with my friends
She said that she had been playing
tennis with her friends
FUTURE SIMPLE
I will play tennis with my
friends
She said that they would play tennis
with her friends

6. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Now Then
Today That day
Tonight That night
Yesterday The previous day / the day before
Last week The previous week / the week before
A __________ ago The previous ______ / the _____ before
Tomorrow
The following day / the day after / the next
day
Next ___________
The following ________ / the _______
after
Here There
This
These
That
Those

7. DIRECT
SPEECH
REPORTED
SPEECH
CAN COULD
MAY MIGHT
MUST / HAVE
TO
MUST / HAD TO
WILL WOULD

9. It depends on the person whom the message
is referred to
You are cool!
She said that
I was cool
She said that
we were cool
She said that
he was cool

10. Direct speech Reported Speech
NOW THEN
YESTERDAY
THE DAY BEFORE
THE PREVIOUS DAY
TOMORROW
THE NEXT DAY
THE FOLLOWING DAY
NEXT (week, month, year...)
THE (week, month, year...) AFTER
THE FOLLOWING (week, month, year...)
THIS THAT
HERE THERE

12. Commands
In commands you change the imperative into
infinitive
Example:
‘Go and do your
homework’
Paul told his son to go and do his homework
‘Don’t kiss me’
Chris told his mother not to kiss him
The introductory verb in commands is
told+object