Reported Speech
"He works in a bank" said Mary.
Mary said he worked in a bank.
The doctor says "drink water and get plenty of rest".
The doctor told me to drink water and get plenty of rest.
Lorena: "Am I late?"
Lorena asked if she was late.
Mikel: "Why is Julie sad?"
Mikel asked why Julie was sad.
Liz said she didn't speak Greek at all.
"I don't speak Greek at all."
"We went out last night" said Ellen and Robert.
Robert and Ellen said they had gone out the night before.
"Don't eat candy before dinner!" the mom said to her kids.
The mom told her kids not to eat candy before dinner.
my mom: "Did it rain a lot in London?"
My mom asked me if it had rained a lot in London.
Nora to her best friend:
"Where will you go this summer?"
Nora asked her best friend where she would go that summer.
They told us they would start the hike the following day.
"We'll start our hike tomorrow"
"I didn't go to the party last night" said Penny.
Penny said she hadn't gone to the party the night before.
"Put your pencils down" said the test recording.
The test recording said to put our pencils down.
the grandfather to his grandchildren: "Have you ever been to Disneyland before?"
The grandfather asked his grandchildren if they had ever been to Disneyland before.
My grandparents to me: "What did you have for dinner last night?"
My grandparents asked me what I had had for dinner the night before.
I replied that I had been trying to repair my phone since the morning.
"I've been trying to repair my phone since this morning"
"We can help you tomorrow" said the Smith sisters.
The Smith sisters said they could help us/me the next day.
"Look at the animals, but don't touch them" the zookeeper said to us.
The zookeeper told us to look at the animals, but not to touch them.
Monica to her friend:
"Will you help out at the summer camp this summer?"
Monica asked her friend if she would help out at the summer camp that summer.
"When can we talk about what your son did in class today?"
The teacher asked my parents when they could talk about what I had done in class that day.
Our grandma thought that Timothy would be the best student in his class the following year.
"Timothy will be the best student in his class next year"
"I was sleeping when Julie called" said Nolan.
Nolan said (that) he had been sleeping when Julie called.
"Walk, don't run!" shouted the lifeguard.
The lifeguard told us to walk and not run.
Marlena:
"Can we stop by a bathroom?"
Marlena's mom:
"should just we wait until we get there?"
Marlena asked if they could stop by a bathroom. Her mom asked if they should just wait until they got there.
Susana to her girlfriend: "When was that party you were talking about?"
Susana asked her girlfriend when that party she had been talking about had been.
She could call me the following day, but then the following week she'd be on vacation until October.
"I can call you the next day, but then next week I'll be on vacation until October."