Reported Speech

Complete the sentence in the reported speech.

-She said, "I´m reading."

R/She said that...

• she is reading

• she would read

• she was reading

• she will read

Complete the sentence in the reported speech.

-They said, "We are busy."

R/ They said that...

• they were busy

• they are busy

• they were going busy

• they will be busy

Complete the sentence in the reported speech.

-He said, "I will clean the car."

R/ He said that...

• he cleans the car.

• he cleaned the car.

• he would clean the car.

• he is cleaning the car.

Complete the sentence in the reported speech.

-She said, "I won´t tell anyone."

R/ She said that...

• she won´t not tell anyone.

• you won´t tell anyone.

• she will not tell anyone.

• she wouldn´t tell anyone.

Complete the sentence in the reported speech.

-She said, "It is very quiet here."

R/ She said (that)...

• it is very quiet there.

• it was very quiet there.

• it was very quiet here

• it is very quiet here.

Complete the sentence in the reported speech.

- You said, "I´ll do this for him."

R/ You said (that)...

• you will do that for him.

• you might do that for him.

• you would do this for him.

• you would do that for him.

Complete the sentence in the reported speech.

-They said, "they have never been here before."

R/ They said (that)...

• they have never been there before.

• they wouldn´t been here before.

• they had never been there before.

• they will never be here before.

When we use the reported speech it means that we need to change the tense that has been used from the direct speech.

Example:

Present Perfect to Past Perfect.

Present Continuous to ...

When we use the reported speech it means that we need to change the tense that has been used from the direct speech.

Example:

Present Perfect to Past Perfect.

Past Continuous to ...

Complete the sentence in the reported speech.

-He said, "I did not say that."

R/ He said that...

• he haven´t said that.

• he wouldn´say that.

• he hadn´t said that.

• he wouldn´t said that.