Reported speech 1
"I have a bad dream"
Sam said he had / has a bad dream
had
“I'm sleeping”
She told me she was/were sleeping
was
“We aren't working”
She told me that they weren't/ were working.
Weren't
Madison: "I'm tired.''
Madison said (that) she was/was being tired.
was
I have taken the train to Berlin
She told me she............. the train to Berlin
She told me she had taken the train to Berlin
“He will come back tomorrow”
She told me he.....................day
She told me he would come back the following day
Peter: "I really enjoy playing the piano."
Peter said (that)..
Peter said that he really enjoyed playing the piano.
“She was at the cinema yesterday'
She said she ............... before.
She said she had been at the cinema the day before
Turn into direct speech: ' I had never seen something like that'
' I have never seen something like this'
Turn into direct speech: ' She always helped me with homework'
' She always helps me with homework'
Turn into direct speech: ' I didn't like wearing shorts'
' I don't like wearing shorts'
Turn into direct speech: 'They were celebrating Tom's birthday'
' They are celebrating Tom's birthday'
She said “Zara was reading a book in front of the fire”
She told me
She told me Zara had been reading a book in front of the fire.
Helen "I speak English and Spanish."
Helen said (that) she spoke/was speaking English and Spanish.
Spoke
Jenny(She): "I did a great course last year."
Jenny said (that) ...
Jenny said that she had done a great course the previous year
Turn into direct speech: ' Lucy had already seen that movie'
'I have already seen this movie'
Lisa said ' I think you were right about this'
She said that she thought I was right about that
he said: 'Please help me' (request)
He asked me to help him.
Don't do that again! she said to me (command)
She told me not to do that again
'Please, arrive to class on time' our teacher said to us.
Our teacher asked us to arrive to class on time.