1. He said he was feeling ill.
REPORTED SPEECH
What is it ? How do you use it?
He said he was feeling ill.
Where’s Tom?
We use it when we want to tell another person about a conversation that took place in the past (e.g telephone call, news or a story that someone told us, etc.)

2. DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
STATEMENT
2. COMMAND

3. DIRECT INDIRECT Am, is, are Shall will Can May Must Have/has to
Ought to
INDIRECT
Was/were
Should
would
Could
Might
Had to

4. He said, “I'll come and see you soon.”
WILL
He said, “I'll come and see you soon.”
WOULD
He said that he would come and see me soon.

5. He said, “I can swim under water for two minutes.”
COULD
He said that he could swim under water for two minutes.

6. MUST HAD TO She said that all tickets had to be bought in advance.
She said, “All tickets must be bought in advance.”

7. CHANGES OF ADVERB OF TIME & PLACE
DIRECT
Now
Tomorrow
Next week
Tonight
Today
Here
This
These
INDIRECT
Then
The next day
The following week
That night
That day
There
That
Those

8. CHANGES OF TENSES DIRECT INDIRECT PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE
PAST CONTINUOUS

9. EXAMPLES PRESENT SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE He said, “I eat vegetables.”
He said that he ate vegetables.

10. She said “I'm having lunch with my parents today.”
PRESENT
CONTINUOUS
She said “I'm having lunch with my parents today.”
PAST
CONTINUOUS
She said that she was having lunch with her parents that day.

11. Direct speech: He said He said to John
Reported speech
He said that
He told John that

12. 1. STATEMENT Reported Statement: He said He told John THAT
REPORTED SENTENCE

13. STATEMENT EXAMPLE DIRECT INDIRECT
“We are going to visit Brighton tomorrow,” they said to me.
INDIRECT
They told me that they were going to visit Brighton the following day/ the next day.

14. EXERCISES
DIRECT
My uncle said to my sister: “I cannot come on your birthday party next month.”
Anita said to Viola,“ I have to study for my exams today.”
My friend said to me, “I ‘ll have a shower now and then I’ll call you.”

15. Answers
Indirect
My uncle told my sister that he couldn’t come on her birthday party the following month.
Anita told Viola that she had to study for her exams that day.
My friend told me that she would have a shower then and then she would call me.