Reported Speech part 1

Tenses :

Direct ---- Indirect :
Simple present ---- Simple past
Simple past ---- Past perfect
Past continuous ---- Past perfect continuous
Past perfect ---- Past past perfect

Would, should, could = NO CHANGE!
Must = Ought to

Time :

Direct ---- Indirect :
Now ---- Then
Tonight ---- That night
Tomorrow ---- The next day
Yesterday ---- The day before
Last night ---- The night before

Place :

Direct ---- Indirect :
Here ---- There

There are 5 rules in reported speech

1. Rule I ( Yes - No Question )

Ex :
She asks me, "Do you understand my lesson?"
= She asked me IF I understood her lesson
She asks me, "Did your mom go with you last night?"
= She asked me IF my mom had gone with me the night before

And answer them!

1. She asks me, "Didn't you play guitar last night?"
2. She asks me, "Will you be my valentine next week?"
3. She asks me, "Was he busy 2 days ago?"
4. She asks me, "Weren't you swimming when I came?"
5. She asks me, "Would you come to my party?"

And the answers are......

1. She asked me IF I HAD PLAYED GUITAR THE NIGHT BEFORE OR NOT
2. She asked me IF I WOULD BE HER VALENTINE THE FOLLOWING WEEK
3. She asked me IF HE HAD BEEN BUSY TWO DAYS AGO
4. She asked me IF I HAD BEEN SWIMMING WHEN SHE HAD COME
5. She asked me IF I WOULD COME TO HER PARTY

Okay, do you understand? See you in rule 2 byeeeeeee