Reported speech

She told me, "I was waiting for the bus when he arrived. "

• She told me that she was waiting for the bus when he arrived.

• She told me that she was waiting for the bus when he had arrived.

• She told me that she had been waiting for the bus when he arrived.

• She told me that she had been waiting for the bus when he had arrived.

Brown ordered his friend to turn down the radio and let him work in peace.

• Brown said to his friend, "Turn down the radio and let I work in peace."

• Brown said to his friend, "Turn down the radio and let me work in peace."

• Brown said to his friend, "Turn down the radio and let him work in peace."

• Brown said to his friend, "Turn down the radio and let he work in peace."

 

"Come home early!" said Miss May to her brother.

• Miss May told her brother to came home early.

• Miss May ordered her brother to come home early.

• Miss May ordered her brother came home early.

• Miss May told her brother not to come home early.

Mr. Tom said, "It is time to leave for the meeting."

• Mr. Tom said that it is time to leave for the meeting.

• Mr. Tom said that it was time to leave for the meeting.

• Mr. Tom said that it was time to left for the meeting.

• Mr. Tom said that it is time to left for the meeting.

They said that they couldn't go to the zoo the following week.

• My friends said, "We can't go to the zoo the following week."

• My friends said, "We can't go to the zoo next week."

• My friends said, "We couldn't go to the zoo next week."

• My friends said, "We couldn't go to the zoo the following week."

Which sentence is INCORRECT.

• He said, "I see the children quite often."

• "I stay in a hotel.", she said.

• She said that I had spoke to Jane last week

• He said that he was trying to speak English.

Which sentence is INCORRECT.

• He told Mary to sit down.

• Their mother warned them do not go near the river.

• Tim's father ordered him not to be late.

• The landlady told us not to use the telephone after eleven o'clock.

Find the mistake: The lady say that she might go home the next day with her sister.

Find the mistake: Martha said that she had been staying in Japan last month.

Find the mistake: The doctor warned my father not to smoking.