Direct Style - Indirect Style: Grammar Rules and Examples

ESTILO DIRECTO-ESTILO INDIRECTO

Present simple: I don't want to go to bed, Gina said.

Past simple: Gina said that she didn't want to go to bed.

Present Continuous: She is visiting her father, Adam said.

Past Continuous: Adam said that she was visiting her father.

Past simple: Tim arrived late, Mum said.

Past Perfect Simple: Mum said that Tim had arrived late.

Present Perfect simple: The train has left the station, Alvaro said.

Past Perfect simple: Alvaro said that the train had left the station.

Future will: We will feed the dog, Alvaro said.

Would: Alvaro said that they would feed the dog.

Can: I can run fast, the teacher said.

Could: The teacher said that she could run fast.

Must: I must call her, the teacher said.

Had to: Tom said that he had to call her.

E.D / E.I

Now/then

today, tonight/that day, that night

tomorrow/the next, the following day

yesterday/the previous day, the day before

last night/the night

next week, year/the following week

a week ago/a week before

here/there

this, these/that, those

my/his, her