Indirect speech

My classmate: 'Can I sit next to you?'

- My classmate asked me if ....

• she would sit next to me

• she could sit next to me

• I can sit next to you

• I could sit next to her

My uncle: 'I haven't eaten since this morning.'

- My uncle said that ....

• he wasn't eating since that morning

• he didn't eat since that morning

• I haven't eaten since this morning

• he hadn't eaten since that morning

The student: 'I'm doing the best I can.'

- The student told them that ....

• he has done the best he can

• he would do the best he could

• he was doing the best he could

• I was doing the best I could

The tourists: 'We missed our plane through our own fault.'

- The tourists said ....

• they missed the plan through my own fault

• we missed the plane through their own fault

• they had missed the plane through their own fault

• they were missing the plane through our own fault

My mum and dad: 'We want you to come home now.'

- My mum and dad said that ....

• they had wanted me to come home then

• they wanted me come home now

• we wanted you to come now

• they wanted me to come home then

Ron: 'I'm reading your latest blog just now.'

- Ron said ....

• he read your latest blog just then

• he had been reading my latest blog just then

• he was reading his latest blog just now

• he was reading my latest blog just then

James: 'I can't find my textbook anywhere.'

- James said that ....

• he wouldn't find his textbook anywhere

• he couldn't find his textbook anywhere

• he hadn't found his textbook anywhere

• he couldn't find my textbook anywhere

The news programme: 'We will keep you updated.'

- The news programme said ....

• that he would keep us updated

• that they would keep us updated

• that they were keeping us updated

• that they keep us updated

Eliza: 'My friend lives in this part of town.'

- Eliza mentioned that ....

• her friend had lived in this part of town

• our friend lived in that part of town

• her friend lived in that part of town

• my friend lives in this part of town

My friends: 'We really like your new coat.'

- My friends said ....

• they were really liking your new coat

• you really liked my new coat

• they really liked my new coat

• they had really liked my new coat