Reported speech 1
He said, "I like ice cream."
He said that he liked ice cream.
They said, "We are late for work."
They said that they were late for work.
My mum said, "The dog is hungry."
My mum said that the dog was hungry.
Lisa said, "I hate tests."
Lisa said that she hated tests.
Tom said, "Lucy has brown hair."
Tom said that Lucy had brown hair.
They said, "They don't like us".
They said that they didn't like us.
She said, "I'm meeting my cousin for dinner today."
She said that she was meeting her cousin for dinner that day.
My father said to us, "We're going to visit Aunt Lucy."
Father said to us that we were going to visit Aunt Lucy.
Mavis: 'The dog is running after the cat.'
Mavis said (that) ...
Mavis said (that) the dog was running after the cat.
Amy: 'The boys always wear jeans.'
Amy told me (that) the boys ..................jeans.
Amy told me (that) the boys always wore jeans.
She said, "I will wait for you."
She said that she would wait for me/us.
'He will come back tomorrow.'
She told me he ..................... day.
She told me he would come back the following day.
Peter said, "I will go shopping tomorrow."
Peter said that he would go shopping the next day.
He said "I'm not from England."
He said that he wasn't from England.
Peter: 'I really enjoy playing the piano.'
Peter said (that) ...
Peter said that he really enjoyed playing the piano.
Peter: 'Zara was reading a book in front of the fire.'
Peter told me ....
Peter told me that Zara had been reading a book in front of the fire.
The teacher said, "We have finished with this unit."
The teacher said that we had finished with that/the unit.
'Jill is studying a lot.'
She told me Jill .................. a lot
She told me Jill was studying a lot.
They said, "Our teacher can speak very fluently."
They said that their teacher could speak very fluently.
The weather forecaster said, "It will rain tomorrow".
The weather forecaster said that it would rain the following day.
'I have taken the train to Berlin.'
She told me she ............. the train to Berlin.
She told me she had taken the train to Berlin
Jim: 'We saw a clown in the street.'
Jim told me ...
Jim told me he had seen a clown in the street.
Jenny(She): 'I did a great course last year.'
Jenny said (that) ...
Jenny said that she had done a great course the previous year.
“She was at the cinema yesterday.'
She said she ............... before.
She said she had been at the cinema the day before.
Ernee said, "I was in a huge fight yesterday."
Ernee said that he had been in a huge fight the previous day.