Reported Speech

"I ran into Kate the other day in the library" ... Sam

• "I ran into Kate the other day in the library" said Sam

• "I ran into Kate the other day in the library" told Sam

"Did she ... you when her mother was leaving?" asked Sue.

• "Did she said you when her mother was leaving?" asked Sue.

• "Did she told you when her mother was leaving?" asked Sue.

• "Did she says you when her mother was leaving?" asked Sue.

• "Did she tell you when her mother was leaving?" asked Sue.

"I was playing computer games all night," said Mark.

• Mark said that he had been playing computer games all night.

• Mark said that he was playing computer games all night.

• Mark said that he had played computer games all night.

• Mark told he had been playing computer games all night.

"You mustn't do it," said mom.

• Mom said that I hadn't to do it.

• Mom said that I mustn't do it.

• Mom said that I must do it.

• Mom said that I have to do it.

"I can't get your TV to work," said Frank.

• Frank said that he can't get my TV to work.

• Frank said that he didn't get my TV to work.

• Frank said that he couldn't get my TV to work.

• Frank said that he didn't can get my TV to work.

"I called you," said Tom.

• Tom said that he had called me.

• Tom said that he called me.

• Tom said that he would call me.

• Tom said that he was called me.

"Sue is considering a career on the scene," Ben told his father.

• Ben told his father that Sue was considering a career on the scene.

• Ben told his father that Sue was being considering a career on the scene.

• Ben told his father that Sue had been considering a career on the scene.

"I haven't had a letter from Helen since December," said he.

• He said he hadn't had a letter from Helen since December.

• He said he hadn't a letter from Helen since December.

• He said he hasn't had a letter from Helen since December.

"The children are making too much noise," says she.

• She said that children are making too much noise

• She said that children were making too much noise

• She says that children are making too much noise

• She said that children was making too much noise

Mark said to me: "Don't drive the car"

• Mark advised me not to drive the car.

• Mark advised me don't drive the car.

• Mark advised me don't to drive the car.