Reported Speech

Lena said, “I will invite you to my birthday party.”

• She said that she would invite me to her birthday party

• She said that she will invite me to her birthday party

• She said that I would invite me to her birthday party

John told me, “I have seen this movie.”

• John told me I have seen this movie

• John told me he has seen that movie

• John told me he had seen that movie

Sophia: "Bella doesn't collect stickers."

• Sophia said that Bella doesn't collect stickers

• Sophia said that Bella didn't collect stickers

• Sophia said that Bella hadn't collect stickers

Olivia: "Leroy is out riding his new waveboard today."

• Olivia said Leroy is out riding his new waveboard today

• Olivia said Leroy was out riding his new waveboard today

• Olivia said Leroy was out riding his new waveboard that day

They said: "We went out last week"

• They said we went out last week

• They said they had gone out the previous week

• They said they had gone out last week

Bob said: "He hasn't eaten breakfast."

• Bob said he hadn't eaten breakfast

• Bob said he hasn't eaten breakfast

• Bob said he didn't eaten breakfast

Mary told me: "I can help you tomorrow."

• Mary told me she can help you tomorrow

• Mary told me she could help me tomorrow

• Mary told me she could help me the next day

She said: "I hadn't travelled by underground before I came to London."

• She said she hadn't travelled by underground before she had came to London

• She said she hadn't travelled by underground before she came to London

• She said she didn't travelled by underground before she came to London

She said, “Nobody can solve the problem.”

• She said that nobody can solve the problem.

• She said that nobody could solve the problem.

• She said that nobody could solved the problem.

He says, “Switzerland is the heaven on earth.”

• He says that Switzerland is the heaven on earth.

• He says that Switzerland was the heaven on earth.

• He says that Switzerland had been the heaven on earth.