Reported Speech

'Kiran asked me, 'Did you see the Cricket match on television last night?'

• Kiran asked me whether I saw the Cricket match on television the earlier night.

• Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night.

• Kiran asked me did I see the Cricket match on television the last night.

• Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the last night.

David said to Anna 'Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow.'

• David told Anna that Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow.

• David told Anna that Mona left for her native place the next day.

• David told Anna that Mona would be leaving for her native place tomorrow.

• David told Anna that Mona would leave for her native place the next day.

i said ro him 'Why are you working so hard?'

• I asked him why he was working so hard.

• I asked him why was he working so hard.

• I asked him why had he been working so hard.

• I asked him why he had been working so hard.

He said to her 'What a cold day!'

• He told her that it was a cold day.

• He exclaimed that it was a very cold day.

• He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was a cold day.

• He exclaimed that it was a cold day.

The tailor said to him 'Will you have the suit ready by tomorrow evening?'

• The tailor asked him if he would have the suit ready by the next evening.

• The tailor asked him if he will like to the suit ready by the next evening

• he tailor asked him that he will have the suit ready by the next evening.

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• The tailor asked him that he would had the suit ready by the next evening.

He said to interviewer, 'Could you please repeat the question?'

• He requested the interviewer to repeat the question.

• He requested the interviewer if he could repeat the question.

• B.He requested the interviewer to please repeat the question.

• He requested the interviewer if he could please repeat the question.

He said. 'Be quite and listen to my words.'

• He urged they should be quite and listen to his words.

• He urged them and said be quite and listen to his words.

• He said you should be quite and listen to his words.

• He urged them to be quite and listen to his words.

He said to me, I have often told you not to play with fire.

• He reminded me that he often said to me not to play with fire.

• He said to me that he often told me not to play with fire.

• He said that he has often been telling me not to play with fire.

• He told me that he had often told me not to play with fire.

The Captain said to his men, 'Stand at ease.'

• The Captain urged his men to stand at ease.

• The Captain told his men that they should stand at ease.

• The Captain commanded his men to stand at ease.

• The Captain wanted his men to stand at ease.

Pawan said to me, 'If i hear any news, i'll phone you.'

• Pawan told me that if he heard any news, he would phone me.

• Pawan told me that if he will hear my news, he will phone me.

• Pawan told me that if he heard any news, he will phone me.

• Pawan told me that if he had heard any news, he would phone me.