12B1 - REPORTED SPEECH

“How much milk do you need to make the cake?” asked my sister.

   

• My sister asked me how much milk did I need to make the cake.

• My sister asked me how much milk do I need to make the cake.

• My sister asked me how much milk I need to make the cake.

• My sister asked me how much milk I needed to make the cake.

“How long have you volunteered at this hospital?” Linda asked me.

• Linda asked me how long had I volunteered at that hospital.

• Linda asked me how long I have volunteered at this hospital.

• Linda asked me how long I had volunteered at that hospital.

• Linda asked me how long have I volunteered at that hospital.

“I had lunch with my friends last month,” Jean said.

      

• Jean said that she had had lunch with her friends the previous month.

• Jean said that I had had lunch with my friends the previous month.

• Jean said that I had lunch with her friends last month.

• Jean said that she would have lunch with her friends last month.

“I have something to tell you” Kerry said to Cheryl.

• Kerry told Cheryl I had something to tell her. 

• Kerry told Chery he had something to tell her.

• Kerry told Cheryl she had had something to tell him.

• Kerry told Cheryl he had had something to tell her.

“I’m sorry I have to leave so early’, he said.

• He apologized for having to leave early.

• He apologized to have to leave early.

• He apologized that he has to leave early 

• He apologized to have left early.

“I’ll tell you about this tomorrow, Mary.” said Tom.

• Tom said to Mary that he will tell her about that the next day.

• Tom told Mary that I would tell you about that the next day.

• Tom told Mary that he would tell her about that the next day.

• Tom told Mary that she would tell him about that the next day.

The student said: "I can't answer this question. I don't understand it."

• The student said he can't answer that question and that he didn't understand it.

• The student said he couldn't answer that question and that he doesn't understand it.

• The student said he can't answer that question and that he doesn't understand it.   

• The student said he couldn't answer that question and that he didn't understand it.

My mother said to me, “Have you finished your homework yet?”

• My mother asked me if I had finished my homework

• My mother told me to finish my homework .

• My mother reminded me to finish my homework

• My mother questioned me whether I would finish my homework.

“Why didn’t you send me the brochure?” Mr. William asked the agent.

• Mr. William asked the agent why she didn’t send him the brochure.

• Mr. William asked the agent to send him the brochure.

• Mr. William asked the agent not to send him the brochure.

• Mr. William asked the agent why she had not sent him the brochure.

My sister asked, “When will you be back from your trip?”

    

• My sister asked me when I will be back from my trip.

• My sister asked me when will I be back from my trip.

• My sister asked me when I would be back from my trip.

• My sister asked me when would I be back from my trip.