Pronouns direct                  indirect speech

 

I             he / she (selon le contexte)

you               he/she/they (selon le contexte)

he                  he

she                 she

we                  them

they              them

the possessives direct                  indirect speech

 

my                  his / her (selon le contexte)

your                 his / her / their (selon le contexte)

his              his

her              her

our              our

their            their  

 

verb forms

 

simple present     -      simple past (like   -      liked )

present BE-ing    -     past BE-ing ( He is thinking  -   He was thinking) 

past      -     past perfect ( worked   -    had worked )

present perfect    -      past perfect ( worked   -    had worked )

future will + BV    -     would + BV ( will go  -    would go )

must + BV    -     had to + BV ( must buy     -    had to buy )

 

time clauses

today     that day

now       then

yesterday     the day before

tomorrow     the next day

ago       before

next       after

last        before

The conjonction THAT (not obligatory)

 

Jill said (that) she liked apples.

I think (that) John plays well.

The questions

1) yes / no questions

              if + subject + verb

 

John asked Paul, "do you like football ?"

John asked Paul if he liked football.

 

2) WH questions

                 question word + subject + verb

 

The waiter asked Jane, " what do you want ?"

The waiter asked Jane what she wanted.

 

Direct Speech to indirect speech