DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED SPEECH
"It's a marvelous show." The Daily Mail
The Daily Mail said it was a marvelous show.
He said to me: “Can you swim?”
He asked me if I could swim.
Josh said that he could swim well.
Josh: " I can swim well."
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TODAY" TO...
THAT DAY
Matthew: Emma and I are getting married. Rache: Really? But you said last week .......
...you weren't getting married.
She said to me: “Why do your parents live in Greece?”
She asked me why my parents lived in Greece.
Laura said she was going away the following day.
Laura said: "I'm going away tomorrow."
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "NOW" TO...
THEN
Sara: "I will buy a house one day."
Sara said she would buy a house one day.
I said to him: “Does she know what she’s doing?”
I asked him if she knew what she was doing.
Emily said that there were three people waiting at the bus stop.
Emily: "There are three people waiting at the bus stop."
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "YESTERDAY" TO...
THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE DAY BEFORE
"I can get a job in London.", Tim told me.
Tim told me that he could get a job in London.
The tourists: "Can we take pictures of the monuments?"
The tourists asked if/whether they could take pictures of the monuments.
Sue told me that Mary's boyfriend lived in Paris.
"Mary's boyfriend lives in Paris.", Sue told me.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TOMORROW" TO...
THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE NEXT DAY
Steven: "Are you working in the same place?"
Steven asked me if I was working in the same place.
"What are you doing on Saturday?" John asked her.
John asked her what she was doing on Saturday.
Einstein said that the important thing was not to stop questioning, curiosity had its own reason for existing.
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Einstein.
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "HERE" TO...
THERE