Reported Speech Statements
"I'll do the washing-up later."
She said,
She said she would do the washing up later.
"Where is my umbrella?"
She asked,
She asked where her umbrella was.
"Don't cross the road here" she warned the children.
She warned the children not to cross the road there.
He said "No, I didn't tell anyone about it." (deny)
He denied that he hadn't told anyone about it.
"She hasn't eaten sushi before."
He told me,
He told me she hadn't eaten sushi before.
"Do I have to do it?"
He asked
He asked if he had to do it.
"I'll make the coffee!" insisted David. (insist)
David insisted he would make the coffee.
"Come to my party" he said to them.(invite)
He invited them to go to his party.
'I didn't know anyone at the party."
She told me,
She told me she hadn't known anyone at the party.
"Are they going to the cinema?"
He asked me
He asked me if they were going to the cinema.
"Do you want to have dinner with me." I asked.
I asked whether he wanted to have dinner with me.
"No, I will not lend you a thousand pounds." she said to him.
She said that she wouldn't lend him a thousand pounds.
"I want to know when I have to go."
Peter said,
Peter said he wanted to know when he had to go.
"Have you been sitting here since I left?"
He wanted to know,
He wanted to know if I had been sitting there since he had left.
"Don't go into the deep water" said the coast guard. (Advise)
The coast guard advised me not to go into the deep water
"I'm sorry that I lied to you." He said to her.
He said that he was sorry that he had lied to her.
"My sister is living in Paris for a few months."
She told me,
She told me her sister was living in Paris for a few months.
"Did Carol talk to you?"
My friend asked me,
My friend asked me if Carol had talked to me.
"Don't forget to buy milk!" said Antonio to me. (remind)
Antonio reminded me not to forget to buy milk.
"Don't you touch me." she ordered.
She ordered me not to touch her.