Reported Speech

"It is so sad."

I said .......

• I said it is so sad.

• You said it was so sad.

• I said it was so sad.

• We said it was so sad.

"I've already done it."

He claimed that .........

• He claimed that they had already done it.

• He claimed that he had already doing it.

• He claimed that he has already done it.

• He claimed that he had already done it.

"I saw you at the station."

Kim told me .......

• Kim told me she had seen me at the station.

• Kim told me she saw me at the station.

• Kim tells me she had seen me at the station.

• Kim told me she was seeing me at the station.

"I can't help you."

Dan explained that ......

• Dan explains that he can't help me.

• Dan explained that he couldn't help me.

• Dan explained that he wasn't helping me.

• Dan explained that he could help me.

"I could fail the exam."

He was afraid that ......

• He was afraid that he could fail the exam.

• He was afraid that he couldn't fail the exam.

• He was afraid that he would fail the exam.

• He wasn't afraid that he could fail the exam.

"The Amazon is the biggest river."

He knew that .........

• He had known that the Amazon was/is the biggest river.

• He was knowing that the Amazon was/is the biggest river.

• He knew that the Amazon was/is the biggest river.

• He knows that the Amazon was/ is the biggest river.

"I may come a bit late."

Bill told me that ........

• Bill told me that he may come a bit late.

• Bill told me that he might come a bit late.

• Bill told me that he will come a bit late.

• Bill tells me that he might come a bit late.

"I've been reading a book."

He replied that .......

• He replied that he was reading a book.

• He replied that they had been reading a book.

• He replied that she had been reading a book.

• He replied that he had been reading a book.

"David must be on a diet."

The doctor said ........

• The doctor said David had to be on a diet.

• The doctor said David should be on a diet.

• The doctor said David must be on a diet.

• The doctor says David had to be on a diet.

"You haven't written the essay."

The teacher thought that .........

• The teacher thought that I hadn't written the essay.

• The teacher thought that we hadn't written the essay.

• The teacher thinks that I hadn't written the essay.

• The principal thought that I hadn't written the essay.