Past Perfect
Simple or Perfect???
Reported speech
said told
100

Rebeca_____ (not prepare) her speaking yet.

Rebeca HADN'T PREPARED her speaking yet.

100

Anna ______ (sign up) to the competition before the teacher and Yasmin ____(know) about it.

Ana HAD SIGNED UP for the competition before the teacher and Yasmin KNEW about it.

100

Mia said, "I enjoy spending time with my friends."



Mia said that she enjoyed spending time with her friends.


100

He ... me that he didn't have enough money.

He told me that he didn't have enough money.

200

Xavier ______ (say) a swear word.

Xavier HAD SAID a swear word.

200

Emma  _______(not shout) in class before John ______ (start) throwing her paper planes.

Emma HADN'T SHOUTED in class before John  STARTED throwing her paper planes.

200

He said, "I like ice cream."


He said that he liked ice cream.

200

Everybody ... that I had been great

Everybody said that I had been great

300

Jaime / study / for the exam?

HAD Jaime STUDIED for the exam?

300

Robert and Daniel ____(not play) Jeopardy before they ____ (come) to high school.

Robert and Daniel HADN'T PLAYED Jeopardy before they CAME to high school.

300

The pupils said, "Our Christmas party performance will be awesome!"

The pupils said that their Christmas party performance would be awesome.

300

She ...  I was her favourite student.

She said I was her favourite student.

400

Alex _____ (switch) the projector ON before the teacher arrived.

Alex HAD SWITCHED the projector ON before the teacher arrived.

400

I _____ (be) to Paris before my brother _____ (go) there.

I HAD BEEN to Paris before my brother WENT there.

400

Jenna said, "I can't go to the volleyball training this week."

Jenna said that she couldn't go to the volleyball training that week.

400

Who ... you that they wouldn't come?

Who told you that they wouldn't come?

500

Phillip _____ (be) ill, that's why he wasn't here on Tuesday.

Phillip HAD BEEN ill, that's why he wasn't here on Tuesday.

500

They _______ (come) home and _______ (see) all the windows broken. They ___________ (realise) someone _________ (rob) them.

They CAME home and SAW all the windows broken. They REALISED someone HAD ROBBED them.

500

Johny said, "I tried to call Lucas three times last week."

Johny said that he had called Lucas three times the week before.

500

She .... me that she was really tired.

She said to  me that she was really tired.

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