Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
Speech simple present He said, “I go to school every day.” | simple past He said (that) he went to school every day. |
simple past He said, “I went to school every day.” | past perfect He said (that) he had gone to school every day. |
present perfect He said, “I have gone to school every day.” | past perfect He said (that) he had gone to school every day. |
present progressive He said, “I am going to school every day.” | past progressive He said (that) he was going to school every day. |
past progressive He said, “I was going to school every day.” | perfect progressive He said (that) he had been going to school every day, |
future (will) He said, “I will go to school every day.” | would + verb name He said (that) he would go to school every day. |
future (going to) He said, “I am going to school every day.” | present progressive He said (that) he is going to school every day. |
past progressive He said (that) he was going to school every day | |
Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
auxiliary + verb name He said, “Do you go to school every day?” He said, “Where do you go to school?” | simple past He asked me if I went to school every day.* He asked me where I went to school. |
Imperative He said, “Go to school every day.” | infinitive He said to go to school every day. |
The situation changes if instead of the common said another part of the very to say is used. In that case the verb tenses usually remain the same. Some examples of this situation are given below.
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