Reported speech 1
"I have a bad dream"
Sam said he had / has a bad dream
had
“Are you sleeping?”
She asked me if I was/had been sleeping
was
“Why are you not working?"
She asked me why we ___________ working.
Weren't
Madison: "I'm tired.''
Madison said (that) she was/has been being tired.
was
Helen "I speak English and Spanish."
Helen said (that) she spoke/was speaking English and Spanish.
Spoke
I have taken the train to Berlin
She told me she............. the train to Berlin
She told me she had taken the train to Berlin
“He will come back tomorrow”
She told me he.....................day
She told me he would come back the following day
“Jill is studying a lot”
She told me Jill ..................a lot
She told me Jill was studying a lot
“She was at the cinema yesterday'
She said she ............... before.
She said she had been at the cinema the day before
Amy: "The boys always wear jeans."
Amy told me (that) the boys ..................jeans.
Amy told me (that) the boys always wore jeans.
Turn into direct speech: He said he had never seen something like that
' I have never seen something like this'
Turn into direct speech: I asked if it always helped him with homework.
'Does it always help you with the homework?'
Turn into direct speech: She told me not to wear shorts for that night.
'Don't wear shorts for tonight'
Turn into direct speech: They said they were celebrating Tom's birthday.
' They are celebrating Tom's birthday'
Turn into direct speech: Lucy said she had already seen that movie.
'I have already seen this movie'
She said: “Zara was reading a book in front of the fire”
She told me
She told me Zara had been reading a book in front of the fire.
" We saw a clown in the street ''
Jim told me..........................
Jim told me they had seen a clown in the street
Jenny: "Do that course, it will help you."
Jenny told me:
Jenny told me to do that course, and that it would help me.
Mavis: "The dog is running after the cat."
Mavis said (that)
Mavis said (that) the dog had been running after the cat.
Peter: "I really enjoy playing the piano."
Peter said (that)
Peter said that he really enjoyed playing the piano.
' I think you were right about this'
She said
She said that she thought I had been right about that
he said: 'Please help me' (request)
He asked me to help him.
Don't do that again! she said to me (command)
She told me not to do that again
'Please, arrive to class on time' our teacher told us.
Our teacher asked us to arrive to class on time.
Louis said ' You must study hard for your exam if you want to pass'
Louis told me that I had to study hard for my exam if I wanted to pass'