Reported Speech for Adults

Change the following direct speech into indirect speech: She said, 'I will come tomorrow.'

• She said that she will come yesterday.

• She said that she would come the next day.

• She said that she will come today.

• She said that she will come the next day.

Rewrite the sentence in reported speech: 'He said, 'I am going to the party.'

• He said he goes to the party.

• He said he will go to the party.

• He said he is going to the party.

• He said he was going to the party.

Convert the direct speech into indirect speech: 'They said, 'We have completed the project.'

• They said that they have been completing the project.

• They said that they had completed the project.

• They said that they will complete the project.

• They said that they are completing the project.

Transform the sentence into reported speech: 'She said, 'I love this book.'

• She said that she loved that book.

• She said that she loves this book.

• She said that she love that book.

• She said that she loves that book.

Change the direct speech into indirect speech: 'He said, 'I am watching a movie.'

• He said that he is watching a movie.

• He said that he will watch a movie.

• He said that he watched a movie.

• He said that he was watching a movie.

Rewrite the sentence in reported speech: 'She said, 'I have finished my work.'

• She said that she finished her work.

• She said that she had finished her work.

• She said that she finished her work.

• She said that she has finished her work.

Convert the direct speech into indirect speech: 'They said, 'We will meet you at the restaurant.'

• They said that they would meet us at the restaurant.

• They said that they will meet you at the restaurant.

• They said that they will meet us at the restaurant.

• They said that they will meet them at the restaurant.

Transform the sentence into reported speech: 'He said, 'I want to go on vacation.'

• He said that he wanted going on vacation.

• He said that he wants going on vacation.

• He said that he wanted to go on vacation.

• He said that he wants to go on vacation.

Change the following direct speech into indirect speech: She said, 'I am reading a book.'

• She said that she will read a book.

• She said that she reads a book.

• She said that she was reading a book.

• She said that she is reading a book.

Rewrite the sentence in reported speech: 'He said, 'I have to leave now.'

• He said that he had to leave then.

• He said that he has to leave later.

• He said that he has to leave now.

• He said that he has to leave then.