Reported Speech

“I want to join Greenpeace,” Ben said.

• Ben said that he wanted to join Greenpeace.

• Ben asked that he wanted to join Greenpeace.

• Ben said that he wants to join Greenpeace.

• Ben said that I wanted to join Greenpeace.

“I’m watching a video on deforestation,” Ian said to me.

• Ian told me that he is watching a video on deforestation.

• Ian asked me that he was watching a video on deforestation.

• Ian told me that I was watching a video on deforestation.

• Ian told me that he was watching a video on deforestation.

“I’ve put the recyclables in the bin,” Tom said.

• Tom told that he had put the recyclables in the bin.

• Tom said that he has put the recyclables in the bin.

• Tom said that he had put the recyclables in the bin.

• Tom asked that he put the recyclables in the bin.

“The forest burnt down last year,” Adam told us.

• Adam asked us that the forest had burnt down the year before.

• Adam told us that the forest has burnt down the year before.

• Adam told us that the forest had burnt down the year before.

• Adam told us that the forest was burnt down the year before.

“Leave them on my desk,” Sue said.

• Sue told me that I left them on her desk.

• Sue told me leave to them on her desk.

• Sue said me to leave them on her desk.

• Sue told me to leave them on her desk.

“Don't tell anyone,” she said to me.

• She told me to not tell anyone.

• She told me don’t tell anyone.

• She told me not tell anyone.

• She told me not to tell anyone.

“Are you coming?” he asked me.

• He asked me if I was going.

• He asked me if was I going.

• He asked me if I am going.

• He told me if I was going.

“When did she leave?” he asked.

• He asked when she has left.

• He asked when she had left.

• He asked when had she left.

• He told when she left.

“Where can I find information on Mars?” Akil asked his teacher.

• Akil asked his teacher where he can find information on Mars.

• Akil asked his teacher where he finds information on Mars.

• Akil asked his teacher where could he find information on Mars.

• Akil asked his teacher where he could find information on Mars.

“Have you read this report?” I asked them.

• I asked them if they have read the report.

• I asked them if had they read the report.

• I asked them if they read the report.

• I asked them if they had read the report.