Reported speech

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.

Tina said, "Milly's dad has worked in New York."

• Tina said that Milly's dad had worked in New York.
• Tina said that Milly's dad had had worked in New York.
• Tina said Milly's dad worked in New York.
• Tina said that Milly's dad would have worked in New York.

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.

"Don't worry about it"

• He told me to worry not.
• He told me to not worry about it.
• He told me not to worry about that.
• He told me not to worry.

"We prepared the trap carefully yesterday"

• They told us that they had prepared the trap carefully the previous day.
• They told us they would have prepared the trap carefully yesterday.
• They told us that they had been preparing the trap carefully the other day.
• They told us they had prepared the trap carefully the previous day.

"When will this exercise end?"

• He asked when that exercise would end.
• He asked when this exercise will end.
• He asked if this exercise would end.
• He asked if this exercise will end.

"Was the hotel expensive?"

• She asked me if the hotel had been expensive.
• She asked me if the hotel was expensive.
• She asked me if the hotel have been expensive.
• She asked me if the hotel has been expensive.

"How many tickets did you buy?"

• He wanted to know how many tickets I did buy.
• He wanted to know how many tickets I bought.
• He wanted to know how many tickets I have bought.
• He wanted to know how many tickets I had bought.

“The world is round,” said Mitchell. Mitchell has told me that …

• the world was round

• the world is round

• the world be round

• the world had been round

• the world has been round