Indirect Speech

In indirect speech, the words of the speaker are not enclosed in ______ or quotation marks.

The conjunction '______' is commonly used to connect the reporting verb and reported speech in indirect speech.

When converting direct speech to indirect speech, a change is typically made in the ______ of the reported speech.

The ______ of reported speech may change according to the subject or object of the reporting verb when converting to indirect speech.

In indirect speech, if time is mentioned in the direct speech, it often undergoes a change, such as 'now' becoming '______'.

In converting direct speech to indirect speech, the reporting verb indicates the ______ in which someone's statement is being conveyed.

When transforming direct speech into indirect speech, modifications to time expressions like 'tomorrow' to 'the ______' are necessary to maintain accuracy.

When converting direct speech to indirect speech, 'yesterday' often changes to 'the ______' to maintain temporal accuracy.

In reported speech, the future simple tense, where 'will' is used, changes into '______' when converting direct speech to indirect speech.

When reporting a future continuous action, such as 'I will be waiting,' the indirect speech form uses 'would be' followed by the '______' form of the verb.

The future perfect tense in direct speech, which uses 'will have' followed by the past participle, transitions to '______' followed by the past participle in reported speech.

When converting a direct question into indirect speech, the verb 'say' or 'tell' is typically replaced with '______' or 'inquire'.

In transforming direct questions into indirect speech, the interrogative structure is changed to '______' form.

When reporting questions that can be answered with 'yes' or 'no', the conjunction '______' is not used, unlike in positive sentences.

In reported speech, questions that begin with interrogative pronouns such as 'what', 'why', or 'how' require a '______' in the indirect form to convey their meaning.

When converting direct speech to indirect speech, all commas and '______' are removed from the sentence.

When converting direct speech to indirect speech, the pronoun 'I' changes to '______' or 'She', depending on the context of the sentence.

In reported speech, if the direct speech includes the word 'here', it typically changes to '______' to reflect the shift in location perspective from the original speaker to the reporter.

When transforming direct speech into indirect speech, 'today' becomes '______', indicating a temporal shift from the speaker's present to a past reference point in the reported statement.

In converting direct speech to indirect speech, a statement in the Present Perfect Tense transitions into the '______'.

When switching from direct to indirect narration, the Past Simple Tense evolves into the '______' to precisely illustrate the sequence of actions.

When converting direct speech to indirect speech, the Future Simple Tense, often indicated by 'will', changes to '______'.

In the transformation from direct to indirect speech, the expression 'next week' is altered to '______'.

When changing direct speech to indirect speech, 'This morning' generally changes to '______', reflecting the shift in temporal perspective.

In reported speech, direct speech in the present perfect progressive tense changes into ______ perfect progressive tense.

When converting direct speech to reported speech, the present progressive tense shifts to the ______ progressive tense.

In reported speech, a direct statement in the present perfect tense is transformed into the ______ perfect tense.

When changing direct speech into reported speech, a past progressive tense becomes ______ perfect progressive.

A past simple tense statement in direct speech changes into ______ when converted to reported speech.

In the context of reported speech, the tense that remains unchanged when converting from direct speech is the ______ perfect.

In reported speech, the sentence 'They said, “We have been living in America since 2013”' becomes 'They said that they ______ been living in America since 2013'.

After converting direct speech to reported speech, the sentence 'He said, “I was writing a poem”' transforms into 'He said that he ______ writing a poem'.

In reported speech, imperative sentences conveying a command, request, advice, or suggestion use specific verbs like requested, ordered, advised, forbade, or suggested to replace the reporting verbs such as said or told and the conjunction '______' is used.

When converting direct speech to indirect speech, present modals like can and may typically change into past modals, exemplified by 'can' transforming into '______' in sentences such as 'He said, I can sing a song' becoming 'He said that he could sing a song'.

When reporting speech, the modal verb 'may' often transforms into '______' in indirect speech, indicating a shift in possibility or permission from the original statement.

Some modals, such as should, might, could, would and ought to, remain unchanged when converting from direct to '______' speech.

In indirect speech, if the direct speech contains the modal verb 'must' expressing a strong obligation or necessity, it typically '______' change.

In transforming direct speech into indirect speech with imperative sentences, verbs such as "said" or "told" are replaced by verbs that express a command, request, advice, or suggestion. One such verb that conveys a prohibition is '______'.

When converting direct speech into indirect speech for imperative sentences, the reporting verb 'said' can be replaced by 'requested' to indicate a polite solicitation, connecting the reported clause with the infinitive marker '______'.

In the transformation from direct to indirect speech, present modals such as 'can' are converted into their past form, '______', to reflect the change in tense and perspective.

When converting direct questions that cannot be answered with a simple 'yes' or 'no' into indirect speech, the question is transformed into an ______ form and placed after the reporting verb.

In reported speech, for direct questions answerable by 'yes' or 'no', the words 'if' or '______' are used to introduce the reported question.

In transforming direct speech into indirect speech, questions like 'What are you doing?' become 'He asked me what I ______ doing,' demonstrating a change in verb tense and structure.

Converting 'They said to me, “Where have you gone?”' into indirect speech results in 'They asked me where I ______ gone,' illustrating how past perfect tense is often used.

When reporting the question 'She said, “Who was that fantastic man?”' indirectly, it becomes 'She asked me who that fantastic man ______ been,' requiring attention to verb tense and pronoun usage.

Imperative sentences, which express commands, requests, advice, or suggestions, undergo a transformation in indirect speech that often involves changing the verb into an ______.

In converting the direct question 'How will you help me?' into indirect speech, one must consider the shift in ______ to accurately reflect who is being referred to in the reported statement.

When changing direct speech to indirect speech, the tense of the verb usually shifts to accommodate the change in perspective and time frame. This shift is known as the ______ of tenses.