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Style indirect

Style indirect(reported speech)

1.changes in tense

• If the reporting verb is in the present ,there is no change in tense

ex:'I'm happy'.... she says she is happy.

• If the reporting verb is in the past,so the following changes in tense take place.

Direct speech   reported speech

present simple   past simple

'I live in Algeria'   She said she lived in Algeria.

present continuous   past continuous

'I'm not feeling well'   She said she wasn't feeling well.

present perfect simple   past perfect simple

'I have never been so sad'   he said he had never been so sad.

present perfect continuous   past perfect continuous

'She has been dancing very well'   He said she had been dancing very well.

future(will)   conditional(would)

'I will miss you so much'   She said she would miss me.

future continuous   conditional (would)

'I'll be in Tunis soon'   He said he would be in Tunis soon.

2.verbs used to report statements

(say,tell,promise,agree,complain,suggest,explain,whisper,shout,insist,claim,admit,exclaim,answer, reply.)

• say is not usually followed by the person addressed:he said(that)he would be in Algiers for a week.
• tell must be followed by the person addressed(there are some exceptions!):he told me/him/her(that)he would be here soon.

  I hope that's easy to understand

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