If 1st person pronoun is in the reporting speech so 1st person pronoun is changed according to the subject of the reporting verb.
If 2nd person pronoun is in the reporting speech so 2nd person pronoun is changed according to the object of the reporting verb.
3rd person pronoun will not be changed.
Assertive Sentences:
Direct She says, "I take tea in the morning."
Indirect She says that she takes tea in the morning.
Indirect He says that he likes eggs.
Direct They say, "We play football."
Indirect They say that they play football.
Direct I say, "I live in karachi."
Indirect I say that I live in karachi.
Direct She says, "My daughter is a doctor."
Indirect She says that her daughter is a doctor.
Direct He says, " My father is a business man."
Indirect He says that his father is a business man.
Direct I say, "My mother is a teacher."
Indirect I say that my mother is a teacher.
Direct They say, "Our school is very good."
Indirect They say that their school is very good.
Direct I say to her, "you are courageous."
Indirect I tell her that she is courageous.
Direct I say to him, "you are clever."
Indirect I tell him that he is celver.
Direct She says to me, "you are fat."
Indirect She tells me that I am fat.
Direct We say to them, "you are playing well."
Indirect We tell them that they are playing well.
Direct She says to us, "your books are here."
Indirect She tells us that our books are there.
Direct You say to me,"he works hard"
Indirect You say to me that he works hard.
Direct I say to him," she goes to university."
Indirect I say to him that she goes to university.
Direct I shall say to her,"he reads the books".
Indirect I shall say to her that he reads the books.
Direct They will say to you,"we are drawing the picture.
Indirect They will say to you that they are drawing the picture.
Assertive Sentences:
(Tense can’t change because reported speech is a universal truth thought its reporting verb belongs to past tense)
Indirect Teacher said that mathematics is a science.
Direct My mother said, "Honesty is the best policy."
Indirect My mother said that honesty is the best policy.
Direct He said, “Sun rises in east”
Indirect He said that sun rises in east.
Direct She said,"The earth is round."
Indirect She said that the earth is round.
Direct I said to you,"The sun is stationary."
Indirect I said to you that the sun is stationary.
Direct The religious leader said, "God is one".
Indirect The religious leader said that God is one.
Tense Change - In - Indirect Speech
Assertive sentences:
Present simple tense into Past simple
Indirect He said to me that he sang a song.
Present Continuous tense into Past continuous
Direct She said to you,"I am writing a letter".
Indirect She said to you that she was writing a letter.
Present Perfect tense into Past perfect
Direct I said to you,"I have eaten food".
Indirect I said to you that I had eaten food.
Present Perfect Continuous into Past perfect continuous
Direct He said to me,"I have been sleeping on the bed for two hours.
Indirect He said to me that he had been sleeping on the bed for two hours.
Past simple into Past Perfect
Direct He said to me,"I bought this car".
Indirect He said to me that he had bought that car.
Past Continuous into Past Perfect Continuous
Direct I said to him,"You were boiling eggs".
Indirect I said to him that he had been boiling eggs.
Past Perfect into Past Perfect
Direct We said to him,"we had left the house".
Indirect We said to him that we had left the house.
Past Perfect Continuous into Past Perfect Continuous
Direct He said to me,"I had been waiting of you since 6. O clock".
Indirect He said to me that he had been waiting of me since 6. O clock.
Future simple, will into would
Direct We said to them,"we will learn the lesson".
Indirect We told them that we would learn the lesson.
Future Continuous, will be into would be
Direct We said to him,"we will be shifting to new home"
Indirect We said to him that we would be shifting to a new home.
Future Perfect, will have into would have
Direct I said,"She will have passed the examination".
Indirect I said that she would have passed the examination.
Future Perfect Countinuous, will have been into would have been
Direct She said to me,"they will have been taking exercise since 8am."
Indirect She said to me that they would have been taking exercise since 8am.
Interrogative sentences:
Direct She said to me,"Do you take exercise daily?"
Indirect She asked me if I took exercise daily.
Direct I said to her,"Did you eat lunch?"
Indirect I asked her if she had eaten lunch.
Wh Questions:
Direct I said to him,"When will you come karachi?"
Indirect I asked him when he would come karachi.
Direct They said to me,"Where are you?"
Indirect They asked me where I was.
Direct She said to me,"Which is your pen?"
Indirect She asked me which my pen was.
Direct We said to her,"Who are you?"
Indirect We asked her who she was.
Direct He said to me,"Why are you going now?"
Indirect He asked me why I was going then.
Direct He said to me,"What is he doing?"
Indirect He asked me what he was doing.
Imperative sentences:
Direct She said to the peon,"Ring the bell."
Indirect She ordered the peon to ring the bell.
Direct I said to my teacher,"Please accept my application."
Indirect I requested my teacher to accept my application.
Direct The teacher said to us,"Be regular."
Indirect The teacher advised us to Be regular.
Direct I said to him,"Do not sit on the sofa."
Indirect I forbad him to sit on the sofa.
Exclamatory sentences:
Direct They said, "Hurrah! we have won the match."
Indirect They exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
Direct He said, Alas! "My mother has died."
Indirect He exclaimed with sorrow that his mother had died.
Optative sentences:
Direct We said to her,"May you succeed!"
Indirect We prayed her that she might succeed.
Direct She said to him,"May you live long."
Indirect She prayed him that he might live long.
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