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Reported Speech (Statements and Questions)
1. Statements in Reported Speech
When we report what someone said, we change the tense and some words.
Direct : “I am tired,” she said.
Reported : She said (that) she was tired.
Tense Changes
| Direct Speech | Reported Speech |
|---|---|
| Present Simple | Past Simple |
| Present Continuous | Past Continuous |
| Past Simple | Past Perfect |
| Present Perfect | Past Perfect |
| Will | Would |
| Can | Could |
| Must | Had to |
Other Changes
- here > there, now > then, today > that day, tomorrow > the next day, yesterday > the day before, this > that, these > those
2. Questions in Reported Speech
Yes/No questions : Use “if” or “whether”.
Direct : “Do you like coffee?”
Reported : He asked if/whether I liked coffee.
Wh- questions : Keep the question word.
Direct : “Where do you live?”
Reported : She asked me where I lived.
Note : The word order changes to subject + verb (not question order).
3. Exercises
Exercise : Change to reported speech.
- “I am happy,” she said. > She said _______.
- “We will visit you tomorrow,” they said. > They said _______.
- “Are you a student?” he asked. > He asked me _______.
- “Where do you live?” she asked. > She asked me _______.
- “I have finished my homework,” he said. > He said _______.
Answer Key
1. (that) she was happy · 2. (that) they would visit us the next day · 3. if/whether I was a student · 4. where I lived · 5. (that) he had finished his homework
See also Passive Voice and Conditionals.
📍 دروس مشابهة:
- Reported Speech — Statements — Rules — English 2nd Year Middle School
- English – Expressing Contrast: Although, Despite, However – 2nd Year – Literary Stream
- English — The Present Perfect Continuous Tense — 2nd Year Literary Stream — Bac — Algerian Curriculum