Zwei Dinge ändern sich, wenn ich die direkte Rede in der Gegenwart in die indirekte Rede der Vergangenheit (reported speech) setze.

a) die Zeitform des Verbs ==> aus Gegenwart wird Vergangenheit
b) das Personalpronomen (persönliche Fürwörter: I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they) und die Possessivpronomen (besitzanzeigende Fürwörter: my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their) müssen meistens geändert werden. Sonst ist nicht klar, wer und was gemeint ist.



Direct Speech (in der Gegenwart)	Reported Speech (in der Vergangenheit - simple past)
1) A young boy said to his mother: “I am very tired.”	A young boy said to his mother that very tired
2) When they were writing a big test Ralph said: “I have a bad headache.”	When they were writing a big test Ralph said that a bad headache
3) The taxidriver said: “In Hamburg there are no yellow taxis.”	The taxidriver said that in Hamburg there no yellow taxis.”
4) He told me: “You can take two sausages.”	He told me that take two sausages.”
5) Mrs Simpson said to us: “You can put your schoolbags onto this chair.”	Mrs Simpson said to us that put your schoolbags onto this chair.”
6) The teacher said: “You are lazy.”	The teacher said that lazy.”
7) At school Helen said to her girlfriend: “We have a new subject.”	At school Helen said to her girlfriend that a new subject.”
8) When we had dinner someone said: “Your beef is delicious.”	When we had dinner someone said that beef delicious.”