REPORTED STATEMENTS
"I am exhausted today!" Tim said.
Tim said that he was exhausted that day.
"Don't answer the phone," my father told me.
My father told me not to answer the phone.
“He is American,” she said.
She said he _____________American.
She said he was American.
Dad told me ___________ (do) my homework.
Dad told me to do my homework.
Is this reported command correct or incorrect?
"Leave the window open," my mother said.
My mother told me to not leave the window open.
INCORRECT!
My mother told me not to leave the window open.
"I will buy a house tomorrow," Sarah said.
Sarah said that she would buy a house the following day.
Doctor: "Get plenty of rest."
The doctor told me to get plenty of rest.
“I am happy to see you,” Mary said.
Mary said that she ____________happy to see me.
Mary said that she was happy to see me.
The teacher told me _____ (not talk) to my friend.
The teacher told me not to talk to my friend.
Is this reported command correct or incorrect?
"Amy, go to bed early," he said.
Jake told Amy to go to bed early.
CORRECT!
"I can get a job in London now," Tim told me.
Tim told me that he could get a job in London then.
Wanda: "Stop making noise!"
Wanda told us to stop making noise.
“Dan is living in San Francisco,” she said.
She said Dan ______________ in San Francisco.
She said Dan was living in San Francisco.
Andrew told me ________(clean) the blue bike.
Andrew told me to clean the blue bike.
Is this reported statement correct or incorrect?
"We aren't playing on PlayStation right now."
They said that they were playing on PlayStation at that moment.
INCORRECT!
They said that they weren't playing on PlayStation at that moment.
"I am going away next Saturday" she said.
She said that she was going away the following Saturday.
Andrew: "Clean the blue bike!"
Andrew told me to clean the blue bike.
“We are going to the movies tomorrow night,” he said.
He told me they _____ to the movies the following night.
He told me they were going to the movies the following night.
Anna told me _______ (not open) the window.
Anna told me not to open the window.
Is this reported command correct or incorrect?
"I cannot understand the language he is speaking," my sister said.
My sister said she cannot understood the language he was speaking.
INCORRECT!
My sister said she couldn't understand the language he was speaking.
"The meeting starts early", she said
She said that the meeting started early.
Teacher: "Don't forget your homework!"
The teacher told me not to forget my homework.
Heather said, “I will not go to the party tonight.”
Heather told me that she _______.
Heather told me that she would not go to the party that night.
Rachel told me _______(meet) Sandy at the station.
Rachel told me to meet Sandy at the station.
Is this reported statement correct or incorrect?
"I will call my grandma this afternoon."
Martin said that he would call his grandma that afternoon.
CORRECT!