Reported Speech

9 graders: Reported Speech

    

Direct Speech		Reported Speech
Present Simple	write(s)	Past Simple	wrote
Present Continuous	is/are writing	Past Continuous	was/were writing
Present Perfect	has written	Past Perfect	had written
Present Perfect Continuous	have/has been writing	Past Perfect Continuous	had been writing
Past Simple	wrote	Past Perfect	had written
Past Continuous	was/were writing	Past Perfect Continuous	had been writing
Future	will write	Conditional	would write
Modal Verbs – can; may write		Modal Verbs – could; might write
Imperative	Write! Don’t write!	Infinitive	to write not to write

       

Some changes you have to pay attention to:

Time:
Now - at the time, then
Today - that day, on Monday etc
Tomorrow - the next/ following day
This week - that week
Last week - the week before
an hour ago - an hour before/ earlier

Place:
here - there
this - that

these - those
Person:

I - he/she
my - his/her

Examples:

“I love my new black jacket.”, Joana said. - Present Simple - Past Simple
 Joana said she loved her new black jacket.

" I went to this excellent shop yesterday," Rodrigo explained. - Past Simple - Past Perfect
Rodrigo explained Lourenço he had gone to that excellent shop the day before.

"They are going to the pool now", mum shouted. - Present continuous - Past Continuous
Mum shouted they were going to the pool then.

"I was watching the movie at six o'clock", Duarte whispered. - Past Continuous - Past Perfect Continuous
Duarte whispered he was watching/ had been watching the movie at six o'clock.

"Gonçalo has bought a new house in the city centre", Daniel shared with João. - Present Perfect - Past Perfect
Daniel shared with João that Gonçalo had bought a new house in the city centre.

“I’ll buy a new cap”, Guilherme told Yazi. - Future "will" - Would
Guilherme told Yazi he would buy a new cap.

Note: Sentences in the Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous do not change.

Reported Questions

These questions are usually introduced with inquire, ask, want to know, wonder . When questions begin with a question word (what, when, where...), you also use it in your reported speech. 
Have a look:

"What is your favourite dish?" Filipa wanted to know.

Filipa wanted to know what my favourite dish was.

However, questions might also begin with an auxiliar verb (is, have, do) or with a modal.

 In this case, you have to introduce if or wether in your reported speech. 
Check it out:

"Do you like ice cream?" Inês asked me.

Inês asked if I liked ice cream.

Now it is time to work:

Challenge 1
Challenge 2
Challenge 3
Challenge 4
Challenge 5