REPORTED SPEECH
STATEMENTS
STATEMENTS
"I am exhausted!" Tim said.
Tim said that he was exhausted.
"Is there any petrol in the tank?" my father asked
My father asked if there was any petrol in the tank
She said that there was three people waiting at the bus stop.
She said that there WERE three people waiting at the bus stop.
he asked what I am doing tonight
he asked what I was doing that night
"I will buy this house next month," Sara said.
Sara said that she would buy that house the following month.
"Will you buy a new car?" he asked.
He asked me if I would buy a new car.
My friends said that they have been shopping this afternoon.
My friends said that they HAD been shopping THAT afternoon.
he asked the student how old was he?
he asked the student how old HE WAS
"I can get a job in London," Tim told me.
Tim told me that he could get a job in London.
"What time did you get here?", she asked.
She asked me what time I had got there.
She explained that her father has to travel a lot because he is a salesman.
he explained that her father HAD to travel a lot because he WAS a salesman.
they asked me whether was the post office
they asked me WHERE the post office WAS
"I don´t go to the gym because I don´t have time" she explained
She explained that she didn´t go to the gym because she didn´t have time
"Where did you go last weekend?"
She asked me where I had gone the previous weekend.
Sue told me that his brother was living in Paris this year.
Sue told me that HER brother was living in Paris THAT year
he asked how did the concert go last weekend
he asked how the concert HAD GONE THE PREVIOUS weekend
"I lost my phone yesterday" she complained
she complained that she had lost her phone the day before
"Why can´t you come to my party tomorow?" she asked
She asked me why I couldn´t come to her party the following day.
I said that my friend took a lot of photos yesterday in our trip
I said that my friend HAD TAKEN a lot of photos THE PREVIOUS DAY in our trip
They asked if we could show their the high school
They asked if we could show THEM the high school