Reported Speech - Advanced

Helen said, "I think I'll have to find a better job. I can't make both ends meet."

• Helen said that she thought she will have to find a better job because she couldn’t make both ends meet.

• Helen said that she thought she would have to find a better job because she couldn’t make both ends meet.

• Helen said that she thought she would have to find a better job because she can't make both ends meet.

• Helen said that she think she would have to find a better job because she couldn’t make both ends meet.

He said to her, "Why are you so late? "

• He asked her why she is so late.

• He asked her why he was so late.

• He asked her why she was so late.

• He asked her why was she so late.

Mr Brown said to his wife, "I don't feel like going out this evening.”

• Mr Brown told his wife he didn’t feel like going out that evening.

• Mr Brown told his wife she didn’t feel like going out that evening.

• Mr Brown told his wife he didn’t feel like going out this evening.

• Mr Brown told his wife he doesn't feel like going out that evening.

Jane said to me, "Where have you been all this time?"

• Jane asked me where she had been all that time.

• Jane asked me where I had been all this time.

• Jane asked me where I have been all that time.

• Jane asked me where I had been all that time.

Tom said to himself, "Why I haven't thought of this before?"

• Tom wondered why he hadn’t thought of that before.

• Tom wondered why he hadn’t thought of this before.

• Tom wondered why he hasn't thought of that before.

• Tom wondered why he hadn’t thought of that ago.

"Will you come back next weekend?" the host said to the visitor.

• The host asked the visitor if she would come back next weekend.

• The host asked the visitor if she would come back the following weekend.

• The host asked the visitor if she will come back the following weekend.

• The host asked the visitor she would come back the following weekend.

"Don't be late," the teacher said to Jerick.

• The teacher told Jerick not to be late.

• The teacher told Jerick to be late.

• The teacher told Jerick not being late.

"Drink plenty of water this month," the doctor said to me.

• The doctor said me to try to drink plenty of water that month.

• The doctor told to me to try to drink plenty of water that month.

• The doctor told me to drink plenty of water this month.

• The doctor told me to drink plenty of water that month.

"Can you open your bag, please?" the policeman said to her.

• The policeman told her to open her bag, please.

• The policeman told her to open his bag.

• The policeman told him to open his bag, please.

• The policeman told her to open her bag.

"Do you think you could give me a hand, Tony?" Jane asked

• Jane asked Tony if he think he could give her a hand.

• Jane ask Tony that he could give her a hand.

• Jane asked Tony to give her a hand.

• Jane think that Tony can give her a hand.