Direct to Reported Speech
They said, “We will travel to Spain next summer.”
They said that they would travel to Spain the following summer.
She asked me if I was okay.
She asked me, “Are you okay?”
Tom said, “I was watching a movie last night.”
Tom said that he had been watching a movie the night before.
The teacher told us that the test would be on Friday.
The teacher told us, “The test will be on Friday.”
She said, “If I had known about the meeting, I would have attended.”
She said that if she had known about the meeting, she would have attended.
He asked me whether I had read the article.
He asked me, “Did you read the article?”
“You should have called me before making that decision,” said David. “Now we’re in a situation we could’ve avoided if you’d just asked.”
David said that I should have called him before making that decision, and added that we were now in a situation we could have avoided if I had just asked.
She said that if she had known about the event, she would have attended.
She said, “If I had known about the event, I would have attended.”
“If I had realized how difficult the exam would be, I would have started studying much earlier,” said Sarah, “but at the time, I thought I had everything under control.”
Sarah said that if she had realized how difficult the exam would be, she would have started studying much earlier, but at the time, she had thought she had everything under control.
The manager said that the project should have been completed last week.
The manager said, “The project should have been completed last week.”