Reported speech

Reported speech

Reported speech

To repeat information that you hear.

We use expressions as

• He said (that)

• She told me (that)

He said, "I like this song."

He said that he liked that song.

"The film began at seven o'clock," he said.

He said that the film had begun at seven o'clock

Reported Questions

We change the question structure for an affirmative sentences.

"Who did you see?" she asked.

She asked me who I'd seen.

"Have you finished the project yet?"

She asked us whether we'd finished the project yet.

Multiple Choice

"Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.

She asked him ____________

• where he has spent his money.

• where he had spent his money.

Multiple Choice

John said, "I love this town."

John said that

• he loved that town.

• he loves that town.

Multiple Choice

"Where have you been?" he asked me.

He wanted to know

• where I have been.

• where I had been.

Multiple Choice

"I always wake up early," he said.

He said that

• he always woke up early.

• he always has woken up early.

Multiple Choice

"What have you decided to do?" she asked him.

She asked him

• what he had decided to do.

• what he decided to do.

Multiple Choice

"I never make mistakes," he said.

He said that

• he never made mistakes.

• he never makes mistakes.

Multiple Choice

"Are you sure?" He asked me.

He asked me if / whether

• I was sure.

• I am sure.