Statements
“I am tired,” she said.
She said (that) she was tired.
“Can you help me?”
She asked if you could help her.
"Did you finish your homework?" he asked
He asked if I had finished my homework.
“We like pizza,” Tom said.
Tom said (that) they liked pizza.
“Where did you go on vacation?”
She asked where I had gone on vacation.
Lucy said, “I meet my cousins every Friday after school.”
Lucy said that she met her cousins every Friday after school.
Dan claimed:”Plants need water to grow. “
Dan claimed that plants need water to grow.
“Have you read the news about their party yesterday?”
She asked whether I had read the news about their party the day before.
Sarah said, “They planted a tree in the park last spring.”
Sarah said that they had planted a tree in the park the spring before.
Sue said,”I had seen my cousin before I arrived at the wedding.”
Sue said that she had seen her cousin before she had arrived at the wedding.”
“How much does the skirt cost?”
She inquired how much the skirt cost.
"When do you plan to return the book to the library?" she asked
She asked when I planned to returned the book to the library.
“We will meet at school tomorrow. We had to sign up for the dance last week.”
Also use a reporting verb to put this sentence into reported speech.She explained that they would meet at school the next day. They had had to sign up for the dance the week before.
“How long have you been on holiday last summer?”
she wanted to know how long I had been on holiday the previous year.
Lucy said, “She had already left the room when I arrived.”
Lucy said that she had already left the room when Lucy had arrived.