Reported Speech

‘I can swim really fast.’

• He said me that he could swim really fast.

• He told that he could swim really fast.

• He said that he could swim really fast.

‘There was an accident outside the supermarket’.

• He said there has been an accident outside the supermarket.

• He said there were an accident outside the supermarket.

• He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket.

Tom said ‘I’m going to London tomorrow.’

Five days later you say...

• Tom said he is going to London the following day.

• Tom said he was going to London the following day.

• Tom said he was going to London tomorrow.

Which sentence is NOT correct?

• James said he will help me.

• Karen said she was going to be late.

• Lisa said she didn’t have a map.

Maria apologised for not coming. She said she had been busy ____.

• that day

• the following day

• previous day

"I see the clouds.".

He told me that she ________ the clouds.

• sees

• is seeing

• saw

"My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow".

He told me that his mother ________ the bus to work tomorrow.

• is taking

• was taking

• will take

"I have been there".

She told me that she ________ there.

• had been

• has been

• was

"I will be studying next week".

I told him that I ________ the following week.

• will be studying

• would be studying

• will study

"Open the window!".

He asked me ________ the window.

• to open

• open

• opened