Reported speech 1
He claimed: "shut the door."
He claimed to shut the door.
She said "Don't play on the grass, boy."
She told the boys not to play on the grass.
John said, "I love this town."
John said that he loved that town
"Are you sure?" He asked me.
He asked me if / whether I was sure.
He asked me "Where have you been?".
He wanted to know where I had been.
She asked me, "Where is your sister?"
She asked me where my sister was.
She asked him "Where have you spent your money?"
She asked him where he had spent his money.
Rob said “Why had you sent her to the shop before cleaning the floor?”
Rob asked why I had sent her to the shop before cleaning the floor.
They asked my brother, “What do you do?”
They asked my brother what he did.
His wife asked Joseph, “whom didn’t you invite?”
His wife asked Joseph whom he hadn’t invited.
She said, "I don't speak Italian"
She said that she didn't speak Italian.
Noobus said "I never make mistakes."
Noobus said that he never made mistakes.
She asked “What is your favourite colour?”
She asked me what my favourite colour was / She asked me what was my favourite colour.
He asked "Are you coming?"
He asked me if I was coming.
She asked me “Who is the champion?”
She asked me who the champion was / She asked me who was the champion.
He said "The film began at seven o'clock."
He said that the film had begun at seven o'clock.
He wanted to know "Does she know Robert?"
He wanted to know if she knew Robert.
She asked me “Who doesn’t like cheese?”
She asked me who didn’t like cheese.
John asked me, “Who hasn’t called him a coward?”
John asked me who hadn’t called him a coward.
My father said to me, “Which novel have you read?”
My father asked me which novel I had read.
They said "Say hello to Jim."
They asked me to say hello to Jim.
The stuntman told the audience "Does she know Robert?"
The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home.
He enquired, "When do you intend to pay me?"
He enquired when I intended to pay him.
He asked me “Why is he shouting?”
He asked me why he was shouting.
I asked him “Do you want me to come?”
I asked him if he wanted me to come.