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Direct speech                                  Indirect speech
                               past perfect                                   past perfect

                They said, ‘We had come late last              They said that they had come late last
                night.’                                        night.

                       present perfect continuous                       past perfect continuous

                She said, ‘I have been waiting for three       She said that she had been waiting for
                hours.’                                        three hours.

                             past continuous                            past perfect continuous

                They said, ‘We have been walking               They said that they had been walking
                along the beach.’                              along the beach.



             ♦   Change of modals

                             Direct speech                                  Indirect speech

                She said, ‘I will meet you later.’             She said that she would me later.

                Mohan said, ‘I can cook.’                      Mohan said that he could cook.

                Jaya said, ‘I shall come later.’               Jaya said that she would come later.


             ♦   Change of time impressions


                             Direct speech                                 Indirect speech

                now                                           then / at that time

                tonight                                       that night
                today                                         that day

                yesterday                                     the day before / the previous day

                last night                                    the night before / the previous night

                tomorrow                                      the following day
                this week                                     that week

                last week/ month/year                         the previous week/month/year

                next week/ month/year                         the following week/month/year

                five minutes ago                              five minutes before
                in two hours’ time                            two hours later




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