L9_Reported speech

In reported speech we can change the time expression "today" to:

• that day

• that morning

• the day before

• the next day

"next week" in indirect speech change to:

• a week before

• the following week

• that week

• then

"now" in reported speech change to:

• that day

• the next day

• a day before

• then

"I'm coming"

She said that...

• she was coming

• she came

• she had come

• would come

Amy said, "Polly is learning her script upstairs."

• Amy said that Polly is learning her script upstairs.
• Amy said that Polly was learning her script upstairs.
• Amy said Polly learnt her script upstairs.
• Amy said the Polly would learn her script upstairs.

Olly and Max said, "We don't know the population of London."

• Olly and Max said that they don't know the population of London.
• Olly and Max said that they didn't know the population of London.
• Olly and Max said we didn't know the population of London.
• Olly and Max said that they hadn't known the population of London.

"Where is your house?" Frank asked Linda

• Frank asked Linda where her house was.
• Frank asked Linda where Frank's house was.
• Frank asked Linda where was her house.
• Frank asked Linda where is her house.

Rika asked, "Why are they crying?"

• Rika asked why were they crying.
• Rika asked why we were crying.
• Rika asked why they were crying.
• Rika asked why we are crying.

The man asked, "What is your name?"

• The man asked what you name was.
• The man asked what my name was.
• The man asked what my name were.
• The man asked what was my name.

"Run as soon as you can".

• He told me to run as soon as I could.
• He said me to run as soon as I could.
• He told me to run as soon as I can.
• He told me that I must run as soon as I could.