Reported Speech

Reported Speech:

They said, "We are going to the concert tonight."

• a) They said they were going to the concert tonight.

• b) They said they are going to the concert tonight.

• c) They said they will go to the concert tonight.

Reported Speech:
"I will travel to Paris next month."

• a) She said that she will travel to Paris next month.

• b) She said that she would travel to Paris the following month.

• c) She said that she travels to Paris the next month.

Reported Speech:
"We love Italian food."

• a) They said that they loved Italian food.

• b) They said that they love Italian food.

• c) They said that they had loved Italian food.

Reported Negative
"We haven’t seen the movie yet."

• a) They said that they didn’t see the movie yet.

• b) They said that they haven’t seen the movie yet.

• c) They said that they hadn’t seen the movie yet.

Reported Negative:
"I can’t go to the party."

• a) She said that she can’t go to the party.

• b) She said that she couldn’t go to the party.

• c) She said that she hasn’t gone to the party.

Reported Negative:
"I don’t like spicy food."

• a) She said that she didn’t like spicy food.

• b) She said that she doesn’t like spicy food.

• c) She said that she hadn’t liked spicy food.

Reported Negative Question

She asked, "Don’t you like chocolate?

• a) She asked if I don’t like chocolate.

• b) She asked if I didn’t like chocolate.

• d) She asked if I doesn’t like chocolate.

Reported Question

He asked, "Where did you go yesterday?"

• a) He asked where did I go yesterday.

• b) He asked where I had gone yesterday.

• c) He asked where I went yesterday.

Reported Question:
"I will go to the park tomorrow," she said.

• a) She said she will go to the park tomorrow.

• b) She said she would go to the park the next day.

• d) She said I would go to the park the next day.

Reported Question
"Where do you live?" he asked me.

• a) He asked me where do I live.

• b) He asked me where I lived.

• c) He asked me where did I live.