4A - Reported Speech

Tom said, 'I want to visit my friends this weekend.'

• Tom said he wants to visit his friends that weekend.

• Tom said he wanted to visit his friends that weekend.

• Tom said he wanted to visit his friends this weekend.

Jerry said, 'I'm studying English a lot at the moment.'

• Jerry said he was studying English a lot at that moment.

• Jerry said he was studying English a lot at the moment.

• Jerry said I was studying English a lot at that moment.

They said, 'We've lived here for a long time.'

• They said they have lived there for a long time.

• They said they lived here for a long time.

• They said they had lived there for a long time.

He asked me, 'Have you finished reading the newspaper?'

• He asked me if had I finished reading the newspaper.

• He asked me if I had finished reading the newspaper.

• He asked me if I finished reading the newspaper.

'I get up every morning at seven o'clock.', Peter said.

• Peter said he got up every morning at seven o'clock.

• Peter said I got up every morning at seven o'clock.

• Peter said he had got up every morning at seven o'clock.

Susan reassured me, 'I can come tonight.'

• Susan told me I could come that night.

• Susan told me she could come that night.

• Susan told me she could come tomorrow evening.

She said, 'I really wish I had bought that new car.'

• She told me she really wished she bought that new car.

• She told me she really had wished she had bought that new car.

• She told me she really wished she had bought that new car.

Jack said, 'He must be guilty!'

• Jack said he must have been guilty.

• Jack said he must have be guilty.

• Jack said he must has been guilty.

Cheryl asked her, 'How long have you lived here?'

• Cheryl asked her how long she has lived there.

• Cheryl asked her how long had she lived there.

• Cheryl asked her how long she had lived there.

He said, 'I must get going. Otherwise, I'm going to be late.'

• He told me he had to get going. Otherwise, he was going to be late.

• He told me he had to get going. Otherwise, I was going to be late.

• He told me he has to get going. Otherwise, he was going to be late.