Reported speech
I love your smile.
Bill says to her that ...
he loves her smile.
Do you like rap?
She asked ...
if I liked rap
I'll help you.
He promised ...
he would help me.
to help me
'Why don't you come this evening?'
SUGGESTED
She ..... that evening.
suggested coming
suggested I should come
suggested that I should come
suggeted I come
People say he is English.
He is said to be English.
It is said he is English.
It's going to be a great film.
He told ...
it was going to be a great film.
Where are you?
He asked me
where I was
Try this fish.
The waiter recommended ...
trying that fish
that we should try that fish
we try that fish
'What's your name?' he asked.
KNOW
He ..... what my name was.
wanted to know
People know that smoking is bad for you.
Smoking ...
is known to be bad for you.
They may see her tomorrow.
He said ...
they might see her the next/following day.
Can you do it?
He asked ...
if I could do it.
You commited this crime.
Police accused him...
of that crime.
of committing that crime.
'I might be late for dinner.' he told me.
INFORMED
He ..... might be late for dinner.
informed me that he
informed me he
People think the climate is getting hotter.
The climate
is thought to be getting hotter.
'I'll call you later tonight,' Keith promised.
WOULD
Keith promised that ..... night.
he would call later that
'What do you think of the college?' she asked me.
ASKED
She ..... of the college.
asked me what I thought
"Don't play computer games without regular breaks," our parents told us.
WARNED
Our parents .......................................... computer games without taking regular breaks.
warned us not to play
I think you should stop eating so many sweets," Mary's sister said to her.
advised
Mary's sister ......................................... so many sweets.
advised her to stop eating
They say he was discovered by his agent while working as a labourer.
SAID
He is ..... discovered by his agent while working as a labourer.
said to have been
'You looked really tired yesterday,' he told her.
SAID
He .....
said she had looked really tired the day before.
"How far is Valencia from here?" Pepe asked Almudena.
FAR
Pepe asked Almudena .......................................... from there.
how far Valencia was
'I didn't break the window,' said the boy.
DENIED
The boy ..... the window.
denied breaking
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth," Peter said to us.
apologised
Peter ............................................ the truth.
apologised for not telling us
People claimed that the president had known about it.
The president was claimed to have known about it.