Reported Speech

 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/ the following day
Yesterday - the day before/ the previous 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.”, Diana said. - Present Simple - Past Simple
 Diana 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", Guilherme shouted. - Present continuous - Past Continuous
Guilherme shouted they were going to the pool then.

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

"Yumian has bought a new house in the city centre", Monica shared with Amaral. - Present Perfect - Past Perfect
Monica shared with Amaral that Yumian had bought a new house in the city centre.

“I’ll buy a new cap”, Dinis told Tomás. -Future "will" - Would
Dinis told Tomás 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?" Gabriela wanted to know.

Gabriela  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?" Margarida asked me.

Margarida asked if I liked ice cream.

Now it is time to work:

Challenge 1
Challenge 2
Challenge 3
Challenge 4
Challenge 5