Direct speech
Reported speech
Simple Present --------------
Ex.: he write a letter
Simple past
He said he wrote a letter
Present continuos -------
Ex.: he is writing a letter
Past continuos
He said he was writing a letter
Simple past
Ex.: He wrote a letter
Present perfect ------------
Ex.: He has written a letter
past perfect
Ex.: He had written a letter
Past continuos ------
Ex.: He was writing a letter
Will
Ex.: He will write a letter
Would
----------
Past perfect
He said he had written a letter
Past perfect continuos
He said he had been writing a
letter
would
He said he would write a letter
Direct question
Reported question Indirect question
Where is the pen?
He asked me where the
pen was
Do you know where the
pen is?
Anche se è una domanda il
verbo va dopo il soggetto
Can i read your book?
He asked me if he could
read my book
could you tell me if i can
read your book?
Parole che cambiano dal discorso
diretto al discorso indiretto
This
That
Here
There
Someone
Anyone
tomorrow
The following day
Yesterday
The day before
ELVIS PRESLEY: “HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY
THAT I LOVE YOU”
Have I told you lately that I love you?
Could I tell you once again somehow?
Have I told with all my heart and soul how I adore you?
Well darling I'm telling you now
Have I told you lately when I'm sleeping
Every dream I dream is you somehow?
Have I told you why the nights are long
When you're not with me?
Well darling I'm telling you now
My heart would break in two if I should lose you
I'm no good without you anyhow
And have I told you lately that I love you
Well darling I'm telling you now
Beatles: Drive my car
I asked a girl "What do you want to be?"
She said if I, Baby, couldn´t see,
That she wanted to be famous, star of the screen,
But that I could do something in between.
That I, baby, could drive her car
That, yes, she was gonna [going to] be a star
That I, baby, could drive her car
And that maybe she´d love me.
I told my girl "My prospects are good"
She said to baby that it was understood,
That working for peanuts was all very fine,
But that she could show me a better time.
Beep, beep, mmm, Beep, beep, mmm, yeah!
I told that girl "I can start right away"
And she told me to listen, that she had something to say,
That she´d got no car, and that it was breaking her heart,
But that she´d found a driver, and that that was a start.