Direct and Indirect speech

1.       DIRECT SPEECH

·         He told me “the woman comes” (simple present)

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·         He told me that the woman come (simple past)

2.       DIRECT SPEECH

·         She said “the man is coming” (present continous)

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·         She said that the man was coming (past continous)

3.       DIRECT SPEECH

·         They said “the circus has come to the square” (present perfect)

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·         They said that the circus had come to the square (past perfect)

4.       DIRECT SPEECH

·         My mom said “ Alanda has been writing” (present perfect continous)

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·         My mom said that Alanda had been  writing (past perfect continous)

5.       DIRECT SPEECH

·         Daddy said “ your uncle come last week (simple past)

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·         Daddy said that my uncle had come the night before ( past perfect)

6.       DIRECT SPEECH

·         Alanda remarked “ my mom was coming” (past continous)

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·         Alanda remarked that her mom had been coming (past perfect continous)

7.       DIRECT SPEECH

·         Mom said “ Daddy will come” (future)

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·         Mom said that Daddy would come (past future)

8.       DIRECT SPEECH

·         She said “the woman come if she were you” (past future)

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·         She said that the woman would have come if she had been me (past future perfect)

9.       DIRECT SPEECH

·         Dad said “ your brother will be coming” (future continous)

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·         Dad said that my brother would be coming (conditional continous)

10.   DIRECT SPEECH

·         She said “ i had already writting for one hours (past perfect continous)

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·         She said that she had already been writteng for one hours (past perfect continous)

11.   DIRECT SPEECH

·         Mom told me “you must study”  (present perfect)

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·         Mom told me that I had to study (past perfect)

12.   DIRECT SPEECH

·         Rummy told me “the letter will be arrive tomorrow” (future)

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·         Rumy told me that the letter would be arrive the following day (past future)

13.   DIRECT SPEECH

·         He said “hurray!My old friend has come” (present perfect)

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·         He exclaimed with joy that his old friend has come (present perfect)

14.   DIRECT SPEECH

·         Nadia said “ Jessie J will come to Jakarta next month” (future)

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·         Nadia said that Jessie J would come to Jakarta the following month (past future)

15.   DIRECT SPEECH

·         He said “thank you” (simple present)

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·         He thanked me (simple past)