Reported speech 1
"I have a bad dream"
Sam said he had / has a bad dream
had
“I'm sleeping”
She told me she was/is sleeping
was
“We aren't working”
She told me that they weren't/didn't working.
Weren't
Madison: "I'm tired.''
Madison said (that) she was/was 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 today”
She told me Jill ..................a lot
She told me Jill was studying a lot that day
“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: ' I had never seen something like that'
' I have never seen something like this'
Turn into direct speech: ' She always helped me with homework'
' She always helps me with homework'
Turn into direct speech: He said he hadn't called me the previous day.
' I didn't call you yesterday.'
Turn into direct speech: 'They were celebrating Tom's birthday then'
' They are celebrating Tom's birthday now'
Turn into direct speech: ' Lucy said she had already seen that movie the previous week
'I have already seen this movie last week'
She said 'Zara don't read a book in front of the fire'
She warned Zara not to read a book in front of the fire.
'Let's go to the cinema tomorrow.' Peter said
Peter suggested going to the cinema the following/next day
Jenny asked 'Did you do a great course last year?'
Jenny wanted to know/wondered if I had done a great course the previous year
Mavis asked 'Was the dog running after the cat?'
Mavis wondered/wanted to know if the dog had been running after the cat.
She asked 'How much did you pay for this?'
She wanted to know how much I had paid for that.
Lisa asked ' Do you think I was right about this?'
She wondered/wanted to know if I thought she had been right about that
He asked 'Why don't you believe me?'
He wanted to know/wondered why I didn't believe him.
Don't do that again! she said to me (command)
She told me not to do that again
'Please, please arrive on time' our teacher said to us.
Our teacher begged us to arrive on time.
'Don't forget to send the email.' my mum said.
My mum reminded me to send the email.