4 ESO REPORTED SPEECH UNIT 5

"I am too busy to stop"

• She said that she was too busy to stop

• She said me that she was too busy to stop.

She said:"I don´t mind you are shouting at me again"

• She said she hadn´t mind him shouting her again

• She said she didn´t mind he was shouting at him again.

" I want to marry Alan, mom"

• She said she wants to marry Alan.

• She told her mom she wanted to marry Alan.

• She told her mom she wants to marry Alan.

• She asked her mom if Alan wanted to marry her.

"Today is our anniversary."

• She said that today is our anniversary.

• She said that day was their anniversary.

• She said that day was our anniversary.

• She said that today was their anniversary.

"I have made a delicious dinner."

• She said she had made a delicious dinner.

• She told him she would make a delicious dinner.

• She told him she made a delicious dinner.

"I can't leave until the meeting is over."

• He said he could not leave until the meeting was over.

• He said he would not leave until the meeting was over.

• He said he can't leave until the meeting is over.

"I must start the meeting now."

• He said that he might start the meeting now.

• He said that he had to start the meeting then.

• He said that he may start the meeting at that moment.

"We'll celebrate tomorrow."

• He said they will celebrate tomorrow.

• He told her they would celebrate the next day.

• He asked if they would celebrate the following day.

"Forgive me, honey."

• She told him she might forgive him.

• She said he had to forgive her.

• He asked her to forgive him.

"We may divorce."

• She said they might divorce.

• She asked if the would divorce.

• She told him she should divorce him.