Reported Speech
Reported speech with time & place expressions
Yes/No questions
Wh- questions
Requests & Orders
Reporting Verbs
100

She said “I usually drink coffee in the mornings”.

She said (that) she usually drank coffee in the mornings.

100

She said, “My father died a year ago”.

She said that her father had died a year before/the previous year.

100

“Is anyone there?” he asked.

He asked if/whether anyone was there.

100

“How is your mother?” he asked.

He asked how my mother was.

100

“Could you bring the book tonight?” she asked.

She asked me to bring the book that night.

100

"Ok, I can cook something for you." he agreed.

He agreed to cook for me.

200

He told me “I’ll come and help you on Saturday”

He told me (that) he would come and help me on Saturday.

200

He said, “I’ll be here again tomorrow”.

He said that he’d be there again the next day.

200

“Is this the road to the station?” she asked.

She asked me if that was the road to the station.

200

“Why are you so late?”, the teacher asked.

The teacher asked why I was so late.

200

“Can you hand me that pen?” she asked.

She asked me to hand her the pen.

200

"I could come and help you" he offered.

He offered to come and help me.

300

They said “We’ve never been to Wales”.

They said (that) they had never been to Wales.

300

“I saw her the day before yesterday”, he said.

He said he’d seen her two days before.

300

“Did you do your homework?” she asked.

She asked me if I had done my homework.

300

“Where do you live?”, the boy asked.

The boy asked where I lived.

300

“Shut the door,” she said.

She told me to shut the door.

300

"Remember about the meeting. You must come." She reminded.

She reminded me to come to the meeting.

400

She said “We went to the cinema and then to a Chinese restaurant”.

She said (that) they had been to the cinema and then to a Chinese restaurant.

400

He said “I won’t see you tomorrow”.

He said (that) Hhe wouldn't see me the following day.

400

“Can you help me?” she asked.

She asked me if I could help her.

400

“Who did you see at the meeting?”, my mother asked.

My mother asked who I had seen at the meeting.

400

“Jason, turn right,” Sarah said.

Sarah told Jason to turn right.

400

'Why don't we have the party at Peter's place?' she suggested,

She suggested having the party at Peter's place.

500

She said “I was sleeping when Julie called”.

She said (that) she had been sleeping when Julie called.

500

She told me “I can help you tomorrow”.

She said (that) she could help me the following day.

500

“Do you know who broke the window?”, he asked.

He asked if I knew who had broken the window.

500

“Why wasn’t Judy at the party?”, she asked.

She asked why Lucy hadn't been at the party.

500

“Don’t block the entrance,” the employee said.

The employee told me not to block the entrance.

500

“I'm sorry I was rude to you.” he apologised.

He apologised for being rude to me.

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