Mastering Reported Speech

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

• She said that she is going to the market.

• She said that she will go to the market.

• She said she was going to the store.

• She said that she was going to the market.

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

• He asked if I was coming to the party.

• He asked if I was going to the party.

• He asked whether I will come to the party.

• He asked if I am coming to the party.

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

• They exclaimed that it was a beautiful day.

• They noted that it was a nice day.

• They remarked, 'What a lovely day!'

• They said it was a lovely day.

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

• The teacher said that they must complete their homework.

• The teacher said that I must complete my homework.

• The teacher said that you must complete your homework.

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

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

• She said that she would have called you tomorrow.

• She said that she is calling you tomorrow.

• She said that she will call you tomorrow.

• She said that she would call you the next day.

Change the verb tense: He says, 'I eat breakfast at 7 AM.'

• He said, 'I ate breakfast at 7 AM.'

• He said, 'I will eat breakfast at 7 AM.'

• He says, 'I eat breakfast at 7 AM.'

• He said, 'I eat breakfast at 7 AM.'

Use a reporting verb: 'We will finish the project,' they said.

• They claimed they would complete the project.

• They mentioned they will finish the project.

• They stated they had finished the project.

• They said that they would finish the project.

Convert to reported speech: 'Don't touch that!' she warned.

• She warned to not touch that.

• She warned that I should touch that.

• She warned not to touch it.

• She warned not to touch that.

Convert to reported speech: 'I have never seen such a thing,' he said.

• He said that he has never seen such a thing.

• He said that he had never seen such a thing.

• He said that he never saw such a thing.

• He said that he had never saw such a thing.

Change the verb tense: They say, 'We are happy.'

• They said, 'We are happy.'

• They say, 'We are happy.'

• They will say, 'We are happy.'

• They said, 'We were happy.'