Reported Speech

Change the sentence into indirect sentence

"I saw a beautiful bird," she said.

• She said that she had seen a beautiful girl.

• She said she was seeing a beautiful bird.

• She said that she had seen a beautiful bird.

• She said that she sees a beautiful bird.

Change to indirect sentence!

"Did you finish your homework?" the teacher asked.

• The teacher asked if I had finished my homework.

• The teacher asked if I finished my homework.

• The teacher asked if I finish my homework.

• The teacher asked if I was finishing my homework.

"We danced all night," they said.

• They said that they danced all night.

• They said that they had danced all night.

• They said that they were dancing all night.

• They said that they had been dancing all night.

"I didn't like the movie," she said.

• She said that she hadn't liked the movie.

• She said that she didn't like the movie.

• She said that she doesn't like the movie.

• She said that she won't like the movie.

"They didn't complete the project," the manager said.

• The manager said that they hadn't completed the project.

• The manager said that they didn't complete the project.

• The manager said that they don't complete the project.

• The manager said that they wouldn't complete the project.

"Why didn't you call me?" she asked.

• She asked why I hadn't called her.

• She asked why I didn't call her.

• She asked why I wasn't calling her.

• She asked why I don't call her.

"We didn’t hear the announcement," they said.

The indirect sentence is They said that they ........... the announcement.

"Who didn’t attend the meeting yesterday?" the teacher asked.

The teacher asked who ..................... the meeting the day before.

Marta told me that he had been very happy recently.

The direct sentence is ..............

• Marta told me, "He was very happy recently."

• Marta told me, "He is happy recently."

• Marta told me, "I was very happy recently."

• Marta told me, "I am very happy recently."

The police wondered why you ........................the criminal.