DIRECT TO REPORTED SPEECH
"I am exhausted" Tim said.
Tim said that he was exhausted.
"I won't see you tomorrow." she said.
She said that she wouldn't see me the next day/ the following day.
“Where do you live?” she asked.
She asked where I lived.
“What time is it?” he asked.
He asked what time it was.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "NOW" TO...
THEN
"I will buy a house one day" Sara said.
Sara said she would buy a house one day.
“I can finish the project today,” she said.
She said that she could finish the project that day.
“Do you like chocolate?” she asked.
She asked if/whether I liked chocolate.
“Have you ever visited London?” she asked.
She asked if/whether I had ever visited London.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TODAY" TO...
THAT DAY
Jack said "I haven't eaten breakfast."
Jack said (that) he hadn't eaten breakfast.
“I didn’t see your message,” he said.
He said that he hadn’t seen my message.
“When will the lesson start?” the students asked.
The students asked when the lesson would start.
“Did you see my keys?” he asked me.
He asked me if/whether I had seen his keys.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "YESTERDAY" TO...
THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE DAY BEFORE
“We are travelling to Italy next month,” they said.
They said that they were travelling to Italy the following month.
“I will call you as soon as I arrive,” she promised.
She promised that she would call me as soon as she arrived.
“Why are you crying?” the teacher asked the boy.
The teacher asked the boy why he was crying.
“Why did you come late?” the teacher asked.
The teacher asked why I had come late.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TOMORROW" TO...
THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE NEXT DAY
Jane said "I was waiting for the bus when Tom arrived."
Jane said (that) she had been waiting for the bus when Tom had arrived.
"I hadn't travelled by underground before I came to London.' she said.
She said that she hadn't travelled by underground before she had come to London.
“Can you explain how this machine works?” the engineer asked.
The engineer asked if I could explain how the machine worked.
“How many books have you read this year?” the librarian asked.
The librarian asked how many books I had read that year.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "THREE DAYS AGO" TO...
THREE DAYS BEFORE