Reported speech

She said, "I am reading."

• She said that she was reading.
• She said that she were reading.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

They said, "We are busy."

• They said that they were busy.
• They said that they had been busy.

He said, "I know a better restaurant."

• He said that he knows a better restaurant.
• He said that he knew a better restaurant.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

"Don't go here"

• She said didn't go here.
• She said not to go there.
• She said don't go here.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

"Folk music makes me sick."

• He told me that folk music made him sick.
• He told me that folk music had made him sick.
• He told me that folk music made me sick.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

"Can Tom  dance?"

• She asked can Tom dance.
•  She asked if Tom can dance.
• She asked if Tom could dance.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

"We have finished it just in time!"

• She said they had finished it just in time.
• She said they finished it just in time.
• She said they had finish it just in time.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

She said, "I don't know where my shoes are."

• She said that she did not know where her shoes are.
• She said that she did not know where her shoes were.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

He said: "I won't tell anyone."

• He said that he will not tell anyone
• He said that he would not tell anyone.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

She said, "I don't know where my shoes are."

• She said that she did not know where her shoes are.
• She said that she did not know where her shoes were.