Direct and Reported speech

“I can play with my friends in the ground,'' he said.

• He said that he could play with his friends in the ground.

• He said that he would play with my friends in the ground.

• He told I can play with my friends in the ground.

“Tina has been dancing all night,” he said to Sarah.

• He told Sarah Tina has been dancing all night.

• He told her that she had danced all night.

• He told Sarah that Tina had been dancing all night.

“John has written a great poem,” she said.

• She said John has written a great poem.

• She said that she had written a great poem.

• She said that John had written a great poem.

“We are eating together after a long time,”she said to her friend.

• She told her friend that they were eating together after a long time.

• She told her we are eating together after a long time.

• She told her friend that they were going to eat after a long time.

“They dance graciously at the event,” Lucas said.

• Lucas said they dance graciously at the event. Lucas said that they danced graciously at the event.

• Lucas said that they danced graciously at the event.

• He said they were dancing at the event graciously.

“Catherine is completing her homework,” she said.

• She said that Catherine was completing her homework.

• She said that Catherine is completing her homework.

• She said that Catherine will complete her homework.

“I am unable to upload the file,” he said.

• He said that he was unable to upload the file.

• He said to me that I am unable to upload the file.

• He told me he cannot upload the file.

“They have been singing for their daughter,” he said.

• He said that they have been singing for their daughter.

• He said that they had been singing for their daughter.

• He told me they sing for their daughter.

“I may go to the mall with Janice,” he said

• He said that he might go to the mall with Janice.

• He said he may go to the mall with Janice.

• I will go to the mall with Janice he told me.

“I live in Paris”, she told her colleague.

• She told her colleague I live in Paris.

• She told her colleague that she lived in Paris.

• She told her colleague that she has been living in Paris.