Direct and Indirect Speech – Rules and Examples;
Direct Speech
Present Simple: He said, “The car is dirty”.
Present Continuous: He said, “I’m washing the car”.
Past Simple: He said, “I washed the car”.
Modals
Wil, Can, Must, Am/are/is going to
Mustn’t, Could, Would, Should, Might
Today
Tomorrow
Next day
Now
Yesterday
Lask week
Indirect Speech
Past Simple: He said that the car was dirty.
Past Simple: He said that he was washing the car.
Past Perfect: He said that he had washed the car.
Modals
Would, Could, had to, was/were going to
Mustn’t, Could, Would, Should, Might
That day
The next day
The following day
Then
The day before
The week before
