Reported Speech Statements
"I'll do the washing-up later."
She said,
She said she would do the washing up later.
"Where is my umbrella?"
She asked,
She asked where her umbrella was.
"Don't cross the road here" she warned the children.
She warned the children not to cross the road there.
He said "No, I didn't tell anyone about it."
He denied telling / having told anyone about it /
that he had told anyone about it.
She suggested me to go to the post office.
She suggested I (SHOULD) GO / WENT to the post office.
"She hasn't eaten sushi before."
He told me,
He told me she hadn't eaten sushi before.
"Do I have to do it?"
He asked
He asked if he had to do it.
"I'll make the coffee myself!" David would say.
David insisted (that) he would make the coffee himself.
David insisted on making the coffee himself.
"Come to my party" he said to them.
He invited them to go to his party.
She denied to marry him.
She REFUSED TO MARRY him.
She DENIED MARRYING him.
'I didn't know anyone at the party."
She told me,
She told me she hadn't known anyone at the party.
"Are they going to the cinema?"
He asked me
He asked me if they were going to the cinema.
"Do you want to have dinner with me." I asked.
I invited him/her to have dinner with me.
"No, I will not lend you a thousand pounds." she said to him.
She refused to lend him /
said that she wouldn't lend him a thousand pounds.
It is such a hard work that you won't finish it on time.
SUCH HARD WORK (UNCOUNTABLE)
"I want to know when I have to go."
Peter said,
Peter said he wanted to know when he had to go.
"Have you been sitting here since I left?"
He wanted to know,
He wanted to know if I had been sitting there since he had left.
"Don't go into the deep water" said the coast guard.
The coast guard warned me not to go into the deep water.
The coast guard warned us against going into ...
The coast guard warned me about the deep water.
"I'm sorry that I lied to you." He said to her.
He apologised to her for lying (having lied) /
said that he was sorry that he had lied to her.
I've got a sore neck. It hurts when I turn my head.
A STIFF NECK
"My sister is living in Paris for a few months."
She told me,
She told me her sister was living in Paris for a few months.
"Did Carol talk to you?"
My friend asked me,
My friend asked me if Carol had talked to me.
"Don't forget to buy milk!" said Antonio to me.
Antonio reminded me (not to forget) to buy milk.
"Don't you touch me." she shouted.
She ordered / warned me not to touch her.
When I broke my arm, I had it in a plaster for some weeks.
IN PLASTER