Reported Speech

“Did they eat out together yesterday?”

• He asked me if they had eaten out together the day before.

• He asked me if they had eaten out together yesterday.

• He asked me if they has eaten out together the day before.

"Don’t turn off the light now.”

• He told me didn’t turn off the light at that time.

• He told me not to turn off the light at that time.

• He told me don’t turn off the light at that time.

“What’s your passion?”

• She wanted to know what is my passion.

• She wanted to know what my passion was.

• She wanted to know what was my passion.

“I begin to understand the concept of biodiversity.”

• He said that he began to understand the concept of Biodiversity.

• He wanted to know if he began to understand the concept of Biodiversity.

• He asked me that he began to understand the concept of Biodiversity.

“Your friend has just left.”

• He told me that my friend has just left.

• He told me that your friend had just left.

• He told me that my friend had just left.

“Can I borrow your pencil for a moment?”

• She asked me whether she can borrow my pencil for a moment.

• She asked me whether she could borrow my pencil for a moment.

• She asked me if she can borrow my pencil for a moment.

“Why are you staring at my feet?”

• He asked her why was she staring at his feet.

• He asked her why she is staring at his feet.

• He asked her why she was staring at his feet.

“The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.”

• He asked if the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

• He said that the sun rose in the east and set in the west.

• He said that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

“I’m going to meet my penpal for the first time tomorrow.”

• She said she was going to meet her penpal for the first time the next day.

• She said she was going to meet my penpal for the first time tomorrow.

• She said she was going to meet her penpal for the first time tomorrow.

"We have been here for a week.”

• They said they had been there for a week.

• They said they had been here for a week

• They said we had been there for a week