Study the following examples.

TENSE DIRECT SPEECH TENSE REPORTED SPEECH

Present simple “I always drive slowly.” Past simple He said that he always drove slowly.”

Present continuous “I am driving slowly at the moment.” Past continuous He said that he was driving slowly at that
moment.”

Present perfect “I have driven slowly since I got my Past perfect He said that he had driven slowly since he had
driving license.” got his driving license.

Present perfect “I have been driving slowly all day Past perfect He said that he had been driving slowly all day
continuous long.” continuous long.

Past simple “I drove slowly yesterday.” Past perfect He said that he had driven slowly the previous
day / the day before.
Past continuous “I was driving slowly at eight this Past perfect He said that he had been driving slowly at
evening.” continuous eight that evening.

Future simple “I will drive slowly tomorrow.” Conditional He said that he would drive slowly on the
following day.
Imperative “Drive slowly!” Infinitive He told me to drive slowly

1 Rewrite the following statements in the
REPORTED SPEECH.
1- “Hackers attacked our school computers and stole
important data” the student said
2- “My computer isn’t functioning well” John said.
3- “The speed of the Internet will be better tomorrow”
said the technician.
4- “Jane has been playing computer games since 10 in
the morning” her mother said
5- “Stop downloading those films! It’s illegal” his
brother told him.
6- “William is surfing the Net at the moment” the teacher
said.
7- “My mother never watches reality shows” Susan said.
8- “cyber bullying is increasing all over the world” our
teacher said.
9- “I have just installed a new antivirus to protect my
computer” Frank said
2 Rewrite the following questions in the
REPORTED SPEECH.
1- “Why doesn’t this computer work?” the teacher
asked us.
2- “What are you coping and pasting from the Net?”
My mother asked me.
3- “Did you install the antivirus I bought yesterday?”
my father asked.
4- “Hadn’t you already installed one before?” my
mother asked.
5- “What is the URL of the new site you told me
about?” Jack asked.
6- “Have you sent her an e-mail?” the boy asked.
7- “Did she download the necessary files last week?”
the boss asked.
8- “Was she sending mails when the boss arrived?”
Robert asked.
9- “Where have saved the information for the
meeting?” the director asked.