Direct Speech to Indirect Speech

Rahul asked me, ‘Did you see the cricket match on TV last night?’

• Rahul asked me if I had seen the cricket match on TV the previous night.
• Rahul asked me if I saw the cricket match on TV the previous night.
• Rahul asked me did I see the cricket match on TV last night.
• Rahul asked me whether I had seen the cricket match on TV last night.

James said to his mother, ‘I am leaving for New York tomorrow.’

• James told his mother that he was leaving for New York tomorrow.
• James told his mother he is leaving for New York tomorrow.
• James told his mother that he was leaving for New York the next day.
• James told his mother he would be leaving for New York the next day.

I said to him, ‘Why don’t you work hard?’

• I asked him why didn’t you work hard.
• I asked him why he didn’t work hard.
• I asked him why he wouldn’t work hard.
• I asked him why he wasn’t working hard.

He said to her, ‘What a hot day!’

• He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was hot day.
• He told her that it was a hot day.
• He exclaimed to her that it was a hot day.
• He said that it was a hot day.

The priest said, ‘Be quiet and listen to my words.’

• The priest said them to be quiet and listen to his words.
• The priest told them that they should be quiet and listen to his words.
• The priest urged them to be quiet and to listen to his words.
• The priest said they should be quiet and listen to him.

He said, "I like this song."

He said that __ ___ ___ ____.

"Where is your sister?" she asked me.

She asked me ___ ____ ___ ___.

"I don't speak Italian," she said.

She said that ____ _____ ____ _____.

"Say hello to Jim," they said.

They asked me to __ ___ ___ ___.

"The film began at seven o'clock," he said.

He said that the film ___ _____ at seven o'clock.