منتديات الشروق أونلاين

Reported speech
Report speech is used to report what others have said

Simple present ******************************** Simple past
I like apples", she said ...................... She said that she liked apples"

Present continuous****************************** Past continuous
I am writing a book", he explained. ................. He explained that he was writing a book"

Simple past*********************************** Past perfect
Ali arrived on Monday", he said. ..................... He said that Ali had arrived on Monday"

Present perfect********************************* Past perfect
I have seen Mohamed", he told me. ................... He told me that he had seen Mohamed"

Past perfect*********************************** Past perfect
I had just broken a cup," he explained. ................... He explained that he had just broken a cup"

Present perfect continuous*********************** Past perfect continuous

I have been working at that company for ten years”........He said that he had been working at that company for ten years

Past continuous*************************************** Past perfect continuous
"She was living in Annaba", she told me. .................. She told me that she had been living in Annaba.

Future ************************************************** ***** Present conditional
She will be at Algiers on Sunday", she said ....... She said that he would be in Algiers on Sunday.

Future continuous**************************************** * Conditional continuous
"He will be studying at the library tonight”....... He said, "He said that he would be studying at the library tonight

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:CHANGES IN TENSES
Direct Speech****************************Reported Speech

Present Simple********** **************Past Simple
He studies Arabic” ***********************he studied Arabic

Present Continuous******* ***************Past Continuous
He is studying Apanish.************”*******he was studying

Present Perfect Simple ****************** Past Perfect Simple
He has studied Arabic.”*******************he had studied Arabic.

Present Perfect Continuous***** ****** ****Past Perfect Continuous
He has been studying Arabic*******he had been studying Arabic.

Past Simple******* ********************Past Perfect Simple
He studied Arabic”*******************he had studied Arabic.

Past Continuous ******* ***********Past Perfect Continuous
He was studying ASpanish”********he had been studying Arabic.

Past Perfect Simple ********************* ******No change
**********************************“He had studied Arabic.”
Past Perfect Continuous*********** * ***********No change
*****************************“He had been studying Arabic”

Future Simple************ * ************Conditional
He will study Arabic”****************** he would study Arabic

Can *******************************Could
He can study Arabic.”******************he could study Arabic

May***** *************************Might
He may study Arabic.”*****************he might study Arabic

Must / Have to **********************Must / Had to
He must / has to study Arabic”****he must / had to study arabic

*Should,************** * ***********No change
Could,
Would
Ought to,
Used to