Direct & Indirect Speech

 5. เข้า  Verb  ใน  Direct Statement  เป็น  Present  ไม่ต้องเปลี่ยนแปลง  Tense  เมื่อทำเป็น  Indirect Statement  แต่ถ้า  Verb ใน  D.S.  เป็น  Present  ต้องเปลี่ยนแปลง  Tense ใน  Indirect Statement เป็น   more past  เช่น

                Present Simple                    Past Simple     
                Present Continuous            Past Continuous
                Present Perfect                    Past Perfect
                Past Continuous                  Past Perfect Continuous
                Future Form                          Future in the Past Forms

Example  :     
1.  He says , "I can swim."
       He says that he can swim
2.  He says to me, "I love you."
      He tells me that he loves me.
3.  He said , "I love you."
       He said that he love me.
4.  She said to me, "I picked a rose yesterday."
       she told me that she had picked a rose the bay before.
5.  Bill said, "I am reading now."
       Bill said that he was reading then.