The document explains reported speech as the second part of indirect speech, detailing the differences between direct and indirect speech. It provides examples of how various tenses change when converting from direct to reported speech. Key changes include present tense to past tense, present continuous to past continuous, and others.

2. Reported Speech
is the second part of indirect speech in
which something has been told by person
which is enclosed in quotation mark in
direct speech is called reported speech.

3. 1.Direct speech:
We may quote
the actual words
of the speaker
this method is
called direct
speech.
2.Indirect speech:
We may report
what he said
without quoting his
exact words. The
method is called
indirect speech or
reported speech.

4. DIRECT INDIRECT
1. PRESENT TENSE CHANGE INTO PAST TENSE
She said “I write a letter” She said that she wrote a letter
2. PRESENT CONTINUOUS CHANGEINTO PAST CONTINUOUS
He said “he is listening to the
music”
He said that he was listening to the
music.
3. PRESENT PERFECT CHANGEINTO PASTPERFECT
I said “she have eaten the meal” I said that she had eaten the
meal.

5. DIRECT
4. PRESENT PERFECTCONTINUOUSCHANGEINTO PASTPERFECTCONTINUOUS
She said “ it has been raining for
three days”
She said that it had been raining for
three days.
5. PASTSIMPLE CHANGE INTOPAST PERFECT
John said “ they went to cinema” John said that they had gone to
cinema.
6. PAST CONTINUOUSCHANGEINTO PASTPERFECTCONTINUOUS
They said “we were enjoying the
weather”
They said that they had been enjoying
the weather.
INDIRECT

6. 7. SIMPLEFUTURECHANGEINTO PASTFUTURE
They said to me” we will
send you gifts”
They said to me that they
would send you gifts.
8. PRESENTFUTURECONTINUOUSCHANGEINTOPASTFUTURE
He said “ I will be working
hard”
HE said that he would be
working hard.
DIRECT inDIRECT