Direct and Indirect Speech - ESL Teachers Board

For example:• She asked, "Do you want to come with me?" BECOMES She asked me if I wanted tocome with her.• Dave asked, "Where did you go last weekend?" BECOMES Dave asked me where Ihad gone the previous weekend.• He asked, "Why are you studying English?" BECOMES She asked me why I wasstudying English.The following chart includes sentences changed from quoted speech to reported speech usinga past form. NoteSimple past, present perfect, and past perfect allchange to past perfect in thereported form.Check your understanding with this reported speech quiz:Reported Speech Transformations QuizAdvanced Reporting VerbsHe said, "I live in Paris."He said, "I am cooking dinner."He said, "I have visted London twice."He said, "I went to New York lastweek."He said, "I had already eaten."He said he lived in Paris.He said he was cooking dinner.He said he had visited London twice.He said he had gone to New York the week before.He said he had already eaten.He said, "I am going to find a new job." He said he was going to find a new job.He said, "I will give Jack a call."He said he would give Jack a call.