CHANGE DIRECT INTO INDIRECT SPEECH, PART - 2, CHANGE OF TENSE

How to change the tense of Reported Verb?

E.g
Ram says, "I shall go to Patna." - Direct Speech
Present tense                  Future tense

Ram says that he will go to Patna. - Indirect Speech
Present tense                   Future tense



You have said to Ravi, "You were my good friend." - Direct Speech
    Present tense                                    Past tense

You have told Ravi that he was your good friend. - Indirect Speech
    Present tense                                    Past tense




She will say to him, "I did not play Ludo." - Direct Speech
    Future tense                                    Past tense

She will tell him that she did not play Ludo. - Indirect Speech
    Future tense                                    Past tense




DIRECT

INDIRECT

Simple Present Tense (Present Indefinite)

Simple Past Tense (Past Indefinite)

Present Continuous Tense (Present Imperfect)

Past Continuous Tense (Past Imperfect)

Present Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

Simple Past Tense (Past Indefinite)

Past Perfect

Past Continuous Tense (Past Imperfect)

Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect

No Change

Past Perfect Continuous

No Change

Is / Are / Am

Was / Were

Was / Were

Had been

Has / Have

Had

Will

Would

Shall

Should

Can

Could

May

Might

Would / Should/ Could/ Might

No Change






E.g
Ram said to me, "You are my teacher." - Direct Speech
Ram told me that I was his teacher. - Indirect Speech

Sarita said to me, "I have not watched T.V." - Direct Speech
Sarita told me that she had not watched T.V. - Indirect Speech

My teacher said to me, "You are not listening to me" - Direct Speech
My teacher told me that I was not listening to him. - Indirect Speech

She said to him, "You can not defeat me." - Direct Speech
She told him that he could not defeat her. - Indirect Speech

They said, "We went to college." - Direct Speech
They said that they had gone to college. - Indirect Speech

He said to you, "You may go out." - Direct Speech
He told you that you might go out. - Indirect Speech


E.g
My teacher said, "Honesty is the best policy." - Direct Speech
My teacher said that honesty is the best policy. - Indirect Speech

He said, "The sun rises in the east." - Direct Speech
He said that the sun rises in the east. - Indirect Speech

My father said, "Labour never goes in vain." - Direct Speech
My father said that labour never goes in vain. - Indirect Speech

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