Question

Pls right fast because exam of ss is today convert it into reported speech

Answer 1

When you use reported speech, many times the verb from direct speech changes. Here’s a list:

Present Simple → Past Simple

Direct Speech: I eat a lot of fruit.

Reported Speech: Mary said that she ate a lot of fruit. / Mary told me that she ate a lot of fruit.

Present Continuous → Past Continuous

Direct Speech: Our English is improving.

Reported Speech: My students said that their English was improving. / My students told me that their English was improving.

Present Perfect → Past Perfect

Direct Speech: I have been to France many times.

Reported Speech: Gary said that he had been to France many times. / Gary told me that he had been to France many times.

Present Perfect Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

Direct Speech: I’ve been working out a lot lately.

Reported Speech: My sister said that she had been working out a lot lately. / My sister told me that she had been working out a lot lately.

Past Simple → Past Perfect

Direct Speech: I bought a new car.

Reported Speech: Jessica said that she that she had bought a new car. / Jessica told me that she had bought a new car.

Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

Direct Speech: I was working as a chef.

Reported Speech: Max said that he had been working as a chef. / Max told me that he had been working as a chef.

Past Perfect → Past Perfect (It stays the same!)

Direct Speech: I had gone to work.

Reported Speech: Carla said that she had gone to work. / Carla told me that she had gone to work.

Past Perfect Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous (It stays the same!)

Direct Speech: We had been agonizing over our mortgage for months.

Reported Speech: Our neighbours said that they had been agonizing over their mortgage for months. / My neighbours told us that they had been agonizing over their mortgage for months.

Future Simple (WILL) → Would

Direct Speech: You will be famous one day.

Reported Speech: Rebecca said that I would be famous one day. / Rebecca told me that I would be famous one day.

Answer 2

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