Reporting statements
Reporting yes-no questions
Reporting wh-questions
Reporting commands
Modal verbs
100

John said, 'I really like pizza.'

John said that he really liked pizza.

100

I asked Boris,'Does your friend live in London?'

I asked Boris if his friend lived in London.

100

I asked Nick, 'Where are you going?'

I asked Nick where he was going.

100

The doctor said to Nick, 'Open your mouth and stick out your tongue.'

The doctor told Nick to open his mouth and stick out his tongue.

100

'You should go there immediately,' she said.

She said I should go there immediately.

200

Robert said, 'We were at the cinema until about 11:00.'

Robert said that they had been at the cinema until about 11:00.

200

They asked the man, 'Are you living in a hotel?'

They asked the man whether he was living in a hotel.

200

I asked him, 'How long are you going to stay there?'

I asked him how long he was going to stay there.

200

'Don’t be afraid of my dog,' the man told Kate.

The man told Kate not to be afraid of his dog.

200

'We will be there,' he promised.

He promised they would be there.

300

Thomas said, 'I´ve never eaten sushi before.'

Thomas said that he´d never eaten sushi before.

300

He asked his friend, 'Will you stay at the Hilton?'

He asked his friend whether he would stay at the Hilton.

300

He asked her, 'Where do you usually spend your summer holidays?'

He asked her where she usually spent her summer holidays.

300

'Take this book and read it,' the librarian said to the boy.

The librarian told the boy to take that book and read it.

300

'I can see you at 2.30,' he added.

He added that he could see me at 2.30.

400

Jacob said, 'I am not waiting any longer for the bus.'

Jacob said that he was not waiting any longer for the bus.

400

He asked me, 'Do you often go to see your friends?'

He asked me whether I often went to see my friends.

400

I asked him, 'How long will it take you to get there?'

I asked him how long it would take him to get there.

400

The doctor said to Pete, 'Don’t go for a walk today.'

The doctor told Pete not to go for a walk that day.

400

'I would buy it if I had the money,' he said.

He said he would buy it if he had the money.

500

They complained that they had been waiting for hours.

They complained, 'We have been waiting for hours.'

500

Mike asked Jane if she would come to the railway station to see him off.

Mike asked Jane, 'Will you come to the railway station to see me off?'

500

She asked Boris when he would be back home.

She asked Boris, 'When will you be back home?'

500

My mother asked me to buy some meat in the shop.

'Buy some meat in the shop,' my mother said to me.

500

She said she might be back later.

'I may be back later,' she said.