INDIRECT SPEECH

(am/is/are/want/go)

James : ‘’ I am a school
teacher’’

James : “The film is boring”.

James
‘’I watch television in the evening.’’

James
:‘’I often go shopping on Sundays.’’

James: ‘’ I don’t drink coffee in
the morning.’’

(was/was/were/wanted/went)

James said
he was a school teacher.

James said the film was boring.

James said
he watched
television in the evening.

James said he often went shopping on Sundays.

James said he didn’t drink coffee in the morning.

(is doing/are doing)

James : ‘’I
am
reading a French magazine.’’

James :’’My
parents are
watching a film on T.V’’

James:’ ’Mary is not taking a shower.’’

(was doing/were doing)

James
said he was
reading a French magazine.

James said his parents were watching a film on
T.V

.James
said Mary was
not taking a shower.

( started
/ did )

James :” Mary was in Rome two weeks ago’’

James:”"My father flew to Dallas last year."

james: "Tim went to the stadium an hour ago."

James :”We didn't eat fish two days ago."

(had started/ had done

James said
Mary had
been in Rome two weeks before.

James said his father had flown to Dallas the year before

James said Tim
had gone to the stadium an hour before

James
said they hadn’t eaten fish two days before

(was doing/were doing)

James :’’I was cleaning the bathroom. ‘’

James :’’My friends were playing monopoly.’’

James :’’we weren’t listening to sports news.’’

(had been doing)

James said he had been cleaning the bathroom

James said his friends had been playing monopoly.

James
said they
hadn’t been listening to sports news.

^{’has done/ have done )}

James :’’I
have received an invitation to the party. ‘’

James :’’My mother has already fried the sausages.’’

James : ‘’Anne hasn’t done the washing up yet .’’

(had done)

James said he had received an invitation to the party.

James said his mother had already fried the sausages.

James said Anne hadn’t done the washing up yet.

(has /have been doing)

James:’’ I have been waiting for an hour .’’

James :’’we have been living in Rome since 1999.’’.

( had been doing)

James said he had been waiting for an hour.

James said they had been living in Rome since 1999.

(will +verb)

James :’’I will post the letters’’.

James : ‘’We will not
travel to Germany in April.’’

(would + verb)

James said he would post the letters.

James said they would not travel to Germany in April.

James : I am going to make the cake.

James: “ The students are going to pay the fees soon.

.

James said he was
going to make the cake.

James said the students were going to pay the fees soon.

James :’’ Bill can ride a scooter .’’

James ‘’ I can’t speak
German very well.’’

James said
Bill
could ride a scooter.’’

James said he couldn’t speak Germanvery well.

James : ‘’ I may buy a new car
in July.’’

James said he might buy a new car in July.