Reported Speech

"I can't come to the party," said John. (John said that...)

• he couldn't come to the party.

• he can't come to the party.

• he wouldn't come to the party.

"I will buy a new car next month," said Sarah. (Sarah said that...)

• she would buy a new car the following month.

• she will buy a new car the next month.

• she bought a new car the previous montth

"I am going to visit my grandparents this weekend," said Alice. (Alice said that...)

• she was going to visit her grandparents that weekend.

• she would visit her grandparents the following weekend.

• she visited her grandparents the previous weekend.

"I have never been to New York," said David. (David said that...)

• he had never been to New York.

• he has never been to New York.

• he never went to New York.

"I must leave early today," said Laura. (Laura said that...)

• she must leave early that day.

• she had to leave early that day.

• she would have to leave early the next day.

"I am reading a book about space," said Jack. (Jack said that...)

• he was reading a book about space.

• he had read a book about space.

• he would read a book about space.

I don't know how to solve this problem," said Jane. (Jane said that...)

• she didn't know how to solve that problem.

• she didn't know how to solve this problem.

• she didn't know how to solve the problem.

"I have already finished my homework," said Mark. (Mark said that...)

• he had already finished his homework.

• he has already finished his homework.

• he already finished his homework.

"I am not feeling well today," said Lisa. (Lisa said that...)

• she wasn't feeling well that day.

• she hadn't been feeling well that day.

• she isn't feeling well that day.

I love chocolate ice cream," said Mike. (Mike said that...)

• he loved chocolate ice cream.

• he loves chocolate ice cream.

• he had loved chocolate ice cream.