Reported speech (statements)

He said, "I like this song." He said that...

• he like that song

• he liked that song

• he had liked that song

"The film began at 7 o'clock", he said. He said that...

• the film was beginning at 7 o'clock

• the film began at 7 o'clock

• the film had begun at 7 o'clock

"I found a wallet", she said. She said that...

• she had found a wallet

• she found a wallet

• she finds a wallet

"I will do it tomorrow", she said. She said that...

• she will do it the next day

• would do it the next day

• she had done it the next day

"David was ill", he said. He said that...

• David was ill

• David is ill

• David had been ill

" I didn't have time to do homework", she said. She said that...

• she didn't have time to do homework

• she doesn't have time to do homework

• she hadn't had time to do homework

"I'm watching TV", he haid. He said that...

• he was watching TV

• he is watching TV

• he had been watching TV

"I'm very sleepy now", he said. He said that...

• he is very sleepy now

• he was very sleepy then

• he had been very sleepy then

"I can't drive a car", he said. He said that....

• he can't drive a car

• he can drive a car

• he couldn't drive a car

"I like you!", she said. She said that...

• she like me

• she liked me

• she had liked me