Direct & Indirect Speech, Tenses and Example Sentences
Tense | Direct Speech |
Present Simple | I like ice cream. |
Present Continuous | I am living in Paris. |
Past Simple | I bought a car. |
Past Continuous | I was walking along the Street. |
Present Perfect | I haven’t seen Mary. |
Past Perfect | I had taken Spanish lessons before. |
Will | I’II see you later. |
Would | I would help, but… |
Can | I can speak perfect Spanish. |
Could | I could swim when I was four. |
Should | I should call my mother |
Might | I might be late. |
Tense | Indirect Speech |
Present Simple | He said that he liked ice cream. |
Present Continuous | He said that he was living in Paris. |
Past Simple | He said he bought a car. |
Past Continuous | He said he had been walking along the Street. |
Present Perfect | He said he hadn’t seen Mary. |
Past Perfect | He said he had taken Spanish lessons before. |
Will | He said he would see me later. |
Would | He said he would help but… |
Can | He said he could speak perfect Spanish. |
Could | He said he could swim when he was four. |
Should | He said he should call her mother. |
Might | He said he might be late. |