I said that I would explain this From direct to reported speech

Types of reported speech Statements: “She said that they had had a good time the day before.” Questions: “She asked me where I had been that morning.” / “She asked us if we had finished those exercises.” Orders: “She told me to stay at home then.” Suggestions: “She suggested going out” / “I suggested that she go to the doctor”

STATEMENTS Tense changes: illustration

Tense changes: summery of main tenses Direct Speech Reported Speech Present Past Simple Past Perfect Present Perfect Future Conditional Present Continuous Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous

Changes in modals

Changes in adverbials

QUESTIONS SAME CHANGES IN VERBS AND ADVERBIALS APPLY. Two types of questions. Yes / No question WH Question He asked me: “Do you like football?” He asked me: “Where do you work?” He asked me IF / WHETHER I liked football He asked me where I worked In both cases, we use an affirmative structure for the Reported Speech: Subject + Verb + Complements.

ORDERS OR ADVICE “Do all your homework”, our teacher told us. Our teacher told us to do all our homework. “Don’t move from here”, their mother ordered them. Their mother ordered them not to move from there REPORTING PHRASE + OBJECT + INFINITIVE + COMPLEMENTS CHANGES IN TENSE DON’T APPLY HERE. CHANGES IN ADVERBIAL DO APPLY HERE.

SUGGESTIONS My friend suggested: “Let’s go to the cinema.” My friend suggested going to the cinema. My friend suggested that we go to the cinema. My friend suggested to her: “You should visit a doctor”. My friend suggested that she (should) visit a doctor. REPORTING PHRASE + V-ing (only when both subjects are the same) / REPORTING PHRASE +SUBJECT + SUBJECTIVE (NO –S FOR 3RD PERSON SINGULAR) / SHOULD + BARE INFINITIVE CHANGES IN TENSE DON’T APPLY HERE. CHANGES IN ADVERBIAL DO APPLY HERE.

REPORTING VERBS STATEMENTS QUESTIONS ORDERS SUGGESTIONS Say, tell, announce, ask, enquire, mention, order, warn, suggest, want to know, wonder, complain,