REPORTED SPEECH
STATEMENTS
STATEMENTS
"I am exhausted today!" Tim said.
Tim said that he was exhausted that day.
"Is there any petrol in the tank?", my father asked.
My father asked if there was any petrol in the tank.
"Please, help me with my homework", I said to mum.
I asked my mum to help me with my homework.
"Why did you do that?", she asked me.
She asked me why I had done that.
"What are you doing this evening?" Meg asked Jim.
Meg asked Jim what he was doing that evening.
"I will buy a house tomorrow," Sarah said.
Sarah said that she would buy a house the following day.
"What time did you get here?", she asked.
She asked what time I had gotten there.
"Don't touch my things!", my sister exclaimed.
My sister exclaimed not to touch her things.
"Have you ever met a famous person?", she asked her teacher.
She asked her teacher if she had ever met a famous person.
"Will you live in a different country?" she asked her boss.
She asked her boss if he / she would live in a different country.
"I can get a job in London now," Tim told me.
Tim told me that he could get a job in London then.
"Will you buy a new car next month?", he asked me.
He asked me if I would buy a new car the following month.
"I'll bring you a cup of coffee", he offered.
He offered to bring me a cup of coffee.
"Who's your favorite actor?" he asked me.
He asked me who my favorite actor was.
"Do you know where my keys are?", asked mum.
Mum asked if I knew where her keys were.
"I am going away next Saturday" she said.
She said that she was going away the following Saturday.
"Where did you go last weekend?", my friend asked me.
My friend asked me where I had gone
the previous weekend / the weekend before.
"Let's go to the cinema tonight", he suggested.
He suggested going/that we go to the cinema that night.
"When will you visit me?", Maria asked Tony.
Maria asked Tony when he would visit her.
"What did you do yesterday?", she asked her best friend.
She asked her best friend what he/she had done the day before.
"The meeting has started early", she said
She said that the meeting had started early.
"What are you going to do tomorrow?", she asked her cousin.
She asked her cousin what she was going to do the following day.
"Let's stay at home this weekend", she suggested.
She suggested staying/to stay at home that weekend.
"Can you help Ryan with this activity?, the teacher asked me.
The teacher asked me if I could help Ryan with that activity.
"The students are reading a very good book now", the teacher said.
The teacher said (that) the students were reading a very good book then.