REPORTED SPEECH

TENSE DIRECT SPEECH TENSE REPORTED SPEECH

PRESENT TENSE
PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS PRESENT PERFECT PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS WILL CAN MAY MUST I work hard. Im working hard. PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

PAST TENSE
He said that he worked hard. He said that he was working hard.

PAST TENSE
I worked hard yesterday. I was working hard at 6 this morning. I have worked hard. I have been working hard. I had worked hard. I had been working hard.

PAST PERFECT
He said that he had worked hard the previous day / the day before. He said that he had been working hard at 6 that morning. He said that he had worked hard. He said that he had been working hard.

He said that he had worked hard. He said that he had been working hard.

MODAL VERBS
I will work hard. WOULD He said that he would work hard. I can work hard. COULD He said that he could work hard. I may work hard. MIGHT He said that he might work hard. I must work hard. HAD TO He said that he had to work hard. MODAL VERBS THAT DONT CHANGE COULD, SHOULD, WOULD, MIGHT, USED TO

REPORTED QUESTIONS YES / NO QUESTIONS

TENSE DIRECT QUESTION TENSE

USE WHETEHER / IF
REPORTED QUESTION

PRESENT TENSE
PRESENT SIMPLE Do you work hard? Are you working hard? PAST SIMPLE

PAST TENSE
He asked me whether I worked hard. He asked me if I worked hard. He asked me if I was working hard.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS PAST SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT

PAST CONTINUOUS PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT

ALL PAST TENSES

Did you work hard yesterday? Have you worked on your project?

PAST PERFECT (examples of 2 tenses)

He asked me whether I had worked hard the previous day / the day before. He asked me if I had worked hard on my project.

INFORMATION QUESTIONS
TENSE DIRECT QUESTION

WH-WORD + SUBJECT + VERB

TENSE REPORTED QUESTION

PRESENT TENSE
PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS Where do you work? What are you listening to? PAST SIMPLE PAST CONTINUOUS

PAST TENSE
He asked me where I worked. He asked me what I was listening to.

ALL PAST TENSES

PAST PERFECT (examples of 2 tenses)

PAST SIMPLE PRESENT PERFECT

Where did you work last year? PAST PERFECT What have you done to improve your English? PAST PERFECT

He asked me where I had worked last year. He asked me what I had done to improve my English.

ORDERS, SUGGESTIONS, OR INSTRUCTIONS

Dont use my cell phone. Write a letter to your mother.

INFINITIVES

He told me NOT TO USE his cell phone. He told me TO WRITE a letter to my mother.