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.