REPORTED SPEECH

Where is my umbrella?" she asked.

•  She asked where her umbrella was.
•  She asked where her umbrella is.

"How are you?" Martin asked us.

• Martin asked us how are you.
• Martin asked us how we were.

He asked, "Do I have to do it?"

• He asked if he had to do it.
• He asked if he has to do it.

"Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.

• The mother asked her daughter where she had been.
• The mother asked her daughter where she has been.

"Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.

•  She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best.
•  She asked her boyfriend which dress he likes best.

"What are they doing?" she asked.

• She wanted to know what they were doing
• She wanted to know what they are doing

"Say hello to Jim," they said.

• They asked me to say hello to Jim.
• They asked me to says hello to Jim.

"Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.

• He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema.
• He wanted to know if I am going to the cinema.

The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"

•  The teacher wanted to know who spoke English.
•  The teacher wanted to know who speaked English.

"How do you know that?" she asked me.

• She asked me how I knew that.
• She asked me how I knewed that.