Statments
Change this sentence to reported speech: "I am studying," he said.
Answer: He said that he was studying.
Report this question: "Where is the library?" she asked.
Answer: She asked where the library was.
What happens to the verb in the sentence "I am eating" when reported?
Answer : "Am eating" changes to "was eating."
(Past Continuous)
How the pronouns change in reported speech: "I lost my keys," she said.
Answer: She said that she had lost her keys.
Turn this into reported speech: "Will you go home if it gets late?" they asked.
Answer: They asked if I would call them when I got home.
Report this: "She will help you," John said.
Answer: John said that she would help me.
Change this to reported speech: "Do you like chocolate?" he asked.
He asked if I liked chocolate.
What tense change occurs in: "They have seen the movie" when reported?
Answer:Past Perfect "Have seen" changes to "had seen."
Report this statement: "We will meet you at the park," they told her.
Answer: They told her that they would meet her at the park.
When reporting a question, you must keep the question form (e.g., "Do you like pizza?" becomes "He asked do I like pizza").
Answer: False
(You should change it to a statement form: "He asked if I liked pizza.")
Change it into indirect speech "They have finished the project," she said.
Answer: She said that they had finished the project.
"When will the train arrive?" they asked.
Convert it into inderect speech
They asked when the train would arrive.
Change the tense in reported speech: "I will go to the party."
Answer: "Will go" changes to "would go."
Convert into indirect speech : "They invited us to their house," John said.
Answer: John said that they had invited them to their house.
Convert this question: "Do you need anything if I leave early?" he asked.
Answer: He asked if I needed anything if he left early.
Report this sentence: "We are going on vacation," they said.
Answer: They said that they were going on vacation.
"Did you finish the homework?" she asked.
She asked if I had finished the homework.
In reported speech, how does "She can play the piano" change?
Answer: "Can play" changes to "could play."
Change this to reported speech: "You should finish your work," the teacher said to me.
Answer: The teacher told me that I should finish my work.
In reported speech, pronouns and time expressions often need to be changed.
True
(Pronouns and expressions like "today" become "that day," and "tomorrow" becomes "the next day.")
Turn this into reported speech: "I haven't seen that movie," Mike said.
Answer: Mike said that he hadn’t seen that movie.
Turn this into reported speech: "What time does the show start?" he asked.
He asked what time the show started.
Report this sentence: "I had already left."
Answer: "Had already left" remains the same in reported speech.
"He has given me his book," she said.
Answer: She said that he had given her his book.
Modal verbs like "can," "will," and "must" stay the same when converting to reported speech.
False
(They usually change: "can" becomes "could," "will" becomes "would," and "must" can change to "had to.")