Reported speech

Amy said, "Polly is learning her script upstairs."

• Amy said that Polly is learning her script upstairs.
• Amy said that Polly was learning her script upstairs.
• Amy said Polly learnt her script upstairs.
• Amy said the Polly would learn her script upstairs.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Tina said, "Milly's dad has worked in New York."

• Tina said that Milly's dad had worked in New York.
• Tina said that Milly's dad had had worked in New York.
• Tina said Milly's dad worked in New York.
• Tina said that Milly's dad would have worked in New York.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Olly and Max said, "We don't know the population of London."

• Olly and Max said that they don't know the population of London.
• Olly and Max said that they didn't know the population of London.
• Olly and Max said we didn't know the population of London.
• Olly and Max said that they hadn't known the population of London.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Katie's mum said, "Katie ran very quickly."

• Katie's mum said that Katie had run very quickly.
• Katie's mum said that Katie had ran very quickly.
• Katie's mum said Katie ran very quickly.
• Katie's mum said that Katie would have ran very quickly.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Billy and Theo said, "We went to Spain."

• Billy and Theo said they gone to Spain.

• Billy and Theo said they had went to Spain.

• Billy and Theo said that they had gone to Spain.

• Billy and Theo said that they had went to Spain.

"There are many ways to do it properly"

• He said that there were many ways to do that properly.

• He said there would be many ways to do it properly.

• He said there will be many ways to do that properly.

• He said there have be many ways to do that properly.

"John has been working on his science project today".

• She said that John has been working on his science project today.

• She said that John had been working on his science project that day.

• She said that John would have been working on his science project today.

• She said that John had been work on his science project today.

"We prepared the trap carefully yesterday"

• They told us that they had prepared the trap carefully the previous day.

• They told us they would have prepared the trap carefully yesterday.

• They told us that they had been preparing the trap carefully the other day.

• They said us they had prepared the trap carefully the previous day.

"I don't like fast food."

• He said that he doesn't like fast food.
• He said he don't like fast food.
• He said that he didn't like fast food.
• He said he hadn't liked fast food.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Sam said: "I want to go to Cambridge".

• Sam said that he wanted to go to Cambridge.

• Sam saidthat he had wanted to go to Cambridge

• Sam said that he wants to go to Cambridge.

• Sam said that he would want to go to Cambridge.