THE INDIRECT SPEECH
DIRECT SPEECH (ii)
DIRECT SPEECH
INDIRECT SPEECH
Present
Past Tense
Past Tense / Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Future (will)
Future in the past (would)
Imperative
Infinitive
Said to her
Told her
Said
Said
Should
Should
Ought to
Ought to
Would like to
Wanted to
Mustn't
Wasn't/weren't allowed to
Exceptions:
No shifting of tenses
1. He said – I smoke 50 cigarettes a day
He said he smokes ....
2. He said – the Earth is round.
He said that the Earth is round.
3. He said – it must be cold today.
He said that it must be cold today.
4. He said – if I could speak English, I would get a scholarship.
He said if he could speak English, he would get a scholarship.
5. He said – we must obey traffic rules.
He said we must obey traffic rules.
6. He said – you mustn't smoke in lecture-rooms.
He said we mustn't smoke in lecture-rooms.
1 – habit - navika
2 – eternal truth – vječna istina
3 – assumption - pretpostavka
4 – if clause rečenica tip II
5 – must – općenita obveza
6 – mustn't – općenita zabrana
7 – ought to, should
8 – would like to
9 – I'd rather, I'd better
SHIFTING
DIRECT SPEECH
He said – you must improve your reading
skill.
Obligation
He said – you mustn't smoke.
INDIRECT SPEECH
He said that I had to improve my reading
skill.
You needn't do all the exercise
He said I didn't have to do all the exercise.
Must
Mustn't
Needn't
Don't have to
Had to
Wasn't / weren't
Didn't
Didn't
He said I wasn't to smoke.