🌟 Grammar Lesson: Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)

Reported speech is used when we tell someone what another person said.
We usually change the tense and pronouns.

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1️⃣ Changing Tenses in Reported Speech

• Present → Past

  • Direct: She said, “I am tired.”

  • Reported: She said (that) she was tired.

• Present Continuous → Past Continuous

  • Direct: He said, “I am reading.”

  • Reported: He said (that) he was reading.

• Past Simple → Past Perfect

  • Direct: They said, “We visited Paris.”

  • Reported: They said (that) they had visited Paris.

• Will → Would

  • Direct: She said, “I will call you.”

  • Reported: She said (that) she would call me.

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2️⃣ Pronoun Changes

• Direct: He said, “I love my dog.”

• Reported: He said that he loved his dog.

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3️⃣ Time Expressions Change

• today → that day

• tomorrow → the next day

• yesterday → the day before

• now → then

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📝 Practice Exercises (20 Questions)

Part A – Change into reported speech (10 questions)

1. She said, “I am happy.”

2. He said, “I like football.”

3. They said, “We are watching TV.”

4. She said, “I will help you.”

5. He said, “I can swim.”

6. They said, “We visited London yesterday.”

7. She said, “I am going to school now.”

8. He said, “I saw her last week.”

9. She said, “I have finished my homework.”

10. They said, “We will travel tomorrow.”

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Part B – Correct the mistakes (5 questions)

11. She said that she is happy.

12. He said he will call me.

13. They said they are watching TV yesterday.

14. She said she has gone to the party last week.

15. He said that he can swam.

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Part C – Fill in the blanks (5 questions)

16. She said she ______ (be) tired.

17. He said he ______ (see) me yesterday.

18. They said they ______ (finish) their work.

19. She said she ______ (help) me.

20. He said he ______ (play) football every day.

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✅ Answers

Part A

1. She said that she was happy.

2. He said that he liked football.

3. They said that they were watching TV.

4. She said that she would help me.

5. He said that he could swim.

6. They said that they had visited London the day before.

7. She said that she was going to school then.

8. He said that he had seen her the week before.

9. She said that she had finished her homework.

10. They said that they would travel the next day.

Part B
11. ❌ is → ✅ was
12. ❌ will → ✅ would
13. ❌ are watching → ✅ were watching
14. ❌ has gone → ✅ had gone
15. ❌ can swam → ✅ could swim

Part C
16. was
17. had seen
18. had finished
19. would help
20. played