Question

Write ten sentences on reported speech

Answer 1

Answer:

When we use reported speech, we are usually talking about the past (because obviously the person who spoke originally spoke in the past). The verbs therefore usually have to be in the past too.

For example:

Direct speech: I’ve lost my umbrella.

Reported speech: He said (that) he had lost his umbrella

Explanation:

When changing from direct to indirect speech, you need to change the grammar in certain ways.

Verb tense forms usually need to change. The tenses generally move backwards in this way:

Present Simple Tense into Past Simple Tense

Present Continuous Tense into Past Continuous Tense

Present Perfect Tense into Past Perfect Tense

Past Simple Tense into Past Perfect Tense

Past Continuous Tense into Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past Perfect Tense (The tense remains unchanged)

Will into Would

Will be into Would be

Will have into Would have

Will have been into Would have been

Other Verb Form Changes in Indirect Speech

Can into Could

Could (The verb remains unchanged)

Have to into Had to

Must into Must/Had to

May into Might

Might (The verb remains unchanged)

Should (The verb remains unchanged)

Answer 2

1-He said he works in bank 2-She says that she likes icecream. 3- He told me that he had been to China. 4- She said that she would be using the car next Monday. 5- He said that he would be in Geneva on Friday

6-They complained that they had been waiting for an hours. 7- He explained that he was reading a book. 8-She said that she always drank coffee. 9-He said that bill had arrived on Sunday. 10-They told me that they had been living in Paris.