Reported Speech
‘We are going to go on a trip to Mexico next summer.’
They told us _____
they were going to go on a trip to Mexico the following summer.
‘Which school did you go to?’
She wanted to know ___________________________________.
... which school I went to.
‘I will be the next President,’ he said.
He said he will be the next President.
_would be_
speak very quietly so others cannot hear
whisper
"I don't Know why you like Kim. She's strange."
"Well, it takes ____ to make the world".
- all sorts -
‘Will you appear on a reality TV show?’
She asked me if __________________________________.
… I would appear on a reality TV show.
‘Have you seen the news today?’
I asked him ___________________________________ that day.
... if he’d seen the news.
‘Sit down and start working,’ the boss told me.
The boss told to sit down and started working.
- to sit down and start working-
say what is bad or wrong about something
criticize
" Pat is full of good, practical ideas."
" Yes, she certainly has ___ on the ground."
- both feet -
‘The recording studio is at the end of the corridor.’
He told me __________________________________.
… that the recording studio was at the end of the corridor.
‘How long are you staying, Dan?’
She wondered ________________________________________.
... how long Dan was staying.
‘Were you sleeping when they arrived?’ I asked Tim.
I asked Tim if he was sleeping when they had arrived.
- had been sleeping -
advise about a plan or an idea you would like to discuss
suggest
'I reversed into a wall and broke a headlight."
"Never mind. It could have beeen___.
- worse -
‘Is your sister married to that millionaire?’
I asked him __________________________________.
… if his sister was married to that millionaire.
Have I met them before?
I wasn’t sure _________________________________________.
... if / whether I’d met them before.
‘Why did you take my jacket?’ Lucy asked her sister.
Lucy asked her sister why you had taken my jacket.
- she had taken her jacket -
talk informally about somebody else’s private life
gossip
"He loves nothing more than everythings at home."
"Ah, he's a man afetr my own ___"
- heart -
‘Have you been living here all your life?’
She asked him __________________________________.
… if he had been living there all his life.
"How much does it cost to fly to New York?"
She wanted to know_______________
... how much it cost to fly to New York.
‘Will you marry me?’ Colin asked Ruth.
Colin asked Ruth to marry me.
- him -
ask for something in a very firm way
demand
"That lecture was aweful. I was bored to death."
"You can ___ that again. I fell asleep."
- say -