Mastering Direct and Reported Speech

Convert to reported speech: She said, 'I am going to the store.'

• She said that she was going to the store.

• She said that she is going to the store.

• She said that she will go to the store.

• She said she was going to the market.

Convert to reported speech: He asked, 'Are you coming to the party?'

• He asked whether I would come to the party.

• He asked if I am coming to the party.

• He asked if I was coming to the party.

• He asked if I was going to the party.

Convert to reported speech: They said, 'We will finish the project tomorrow.'

• They said that they will finish the project tomorrow.

• They said, 'We will finish the project next week.'

• They said that they would finish the project the next day.

• They said that they had finished the project the day before.

Convert to reported speech: The teacher said, 'You must submit your homework.'

• The teacher said that I had to submit my homework.

• The teacher said that you must submit your homework.

• The teacher said that we had to submit our homework.

• The teacher said that we should submit our homework.

Convert to reported speech: She exclaimed, 'What a beautiful day!'

• She exclaimed that it was a beautiful day.

• She said it was a lovely day.

• She remarked that it is a beautiful day.

• She shouted that it was a nice day.

Convert to reported speech: He said, 'I have seen that movie before.'

• He said that he has seen that movie before.

• He said that he had seen that movie before.

• He said he had seen that movie before.

• He said that he saw that movie before.

Convert to reported speech: She asked, 'Where are you going?'

• She asked where they were going.

• She asked where I am going.

• She asked where you are going.

• She asked where I was going.

Convert to reported speech: He said, 'I can help you with that.'

• He said that he could help me with that.

• He said that he can help you with that.

• He said that I could help him with that.

• He said, 'I could help you with that.'

Convert to reported speech: They said, 'We are excited about the trip.'

• They said that they are excited about the trip.

• They said they are excited about the trip.

• They said they were excited for the trip.

• They said that they were excited about the trip.

Convert to reported speech: She said, 'I will call you later.'

• She said that she will call you later.

• She said that she would call me later.

• She said that she would call you now.

• She said that I will call her later.