24 Direct and Indirect Speech Examples with Tenses Tense Direct Speech Indirect Speech Present Simple I like ice cream. He said that he liked ice cream. Present Continuous I am living in Paris. He said that he was living in Paris. Past Simple I bought a car. He said he bought a car. Past Continuous I was walking along the Street. He said he had been walking along the Street. Present Perfect I haven’t seen Mary. He said he hadn’t seen Mary. Past Perfect I had taken Spanish lessons before. He…
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