Reported Speech

“He loves broccoli,“ says Boženka. = Boženka says (that) he ... broccoli.

“They are playing basketball now,“ said Láďa. = Láďa said (that) they were playing basketball ...

“I haven‘t seen her today,“ said Libuška. = Libuška said (that) she hadn‘t seen her ...

“We went to Amsterdam last week,“ said Maruška. = Maruška said (that) they ... to Amsterdam the week before.

“I was looking at this yesterday,“ said Standa. =

• Standa said (that) he had been looking at that the day before.

• Standa said (that) he had looked at that the day before.

• Standa said (that) he had been looking at that the previous day.

• Standa said (that) he had been looking at this the day before.

“She had arrived here before me,“ said Franta. =

• Franta said (that) she had arrived there before him.

• Franta said (that) she had arrived there before me.

• Franta said (that) she arrived there before him.

• Franta said (that) he had arrived there before him.

“We will leave tomorrow,“ says Miluška. =

• Miluška says (that) they would leave the next day.

• Miluška says (that) they will leave tomorrow.

• Miluška said (that) they will leave the next day.

• Miluška said (that) they would leave the next day.

“They must do better next year,“ said Pepík. = Pepík said (that) they ... do better next year.

"It may start raining," Boženka told Pepík. = Boženka told Pepík (that) it ... start raining.

I ... him that I was busy.

• said

• told