Reported Speech

Sintawati said to Mother: “I want to buy new dress so that my friends look me beautifully on my birthday party.”

• Sintawati said to Mother that she wanted to buy new dress so that her friends looked her beautifully on her birthday party

• Sintawati said to Mother that she wanted to buy new dress so that my friends look me beautifully on her birthday party

• Sintawati said to Mother that I wanted to buy new dress so that her friends look me beautifully on my birthday party

• Sintawati said to Mother that she wants to buy new dress so that my friends looked me beautifully on my birthday party

• Sintawati said to Mother that I want to buy new dress so that my friends look me beautifully on my birthday party

Susi Susanti said

• Susi Susanti said that she do her homework by herself.

• Susi Susanti said that she did her homework by herself.

• Susi Susanti said she did her homework by myself.

• Susi Susanti said that I did my homework by myself.

• homework by Susanti said that she does myself

Bruce said “My mother doesn’t have any biological children.”

• Bruce said that his mother doesn't have any biological children

• Bruce said that my mother didn't have any biological children

• Bruce said that his mother didn't had any biological children

• Bruce said that his mother didn't have any biological children

• Bruce said that his mother did have any biological children

he told me “I begin to understand the concept of biodiversity.”

• He told me that he began to understand the concept of Biodiversity.

• He wanted to know if he began to understand the concept of Biodiversity.

• He asked me that he began to understand the concept of Biodiversity.

• He told me that I began to understand the concept of Biodiversity.

• He told me that he begin to understand the concept of Biodiversity.

The policeman says, "be careful!"

The policeman ....

• says to me not to be careful

• says to me to be careful

• says to me that I to be careful

• says to me whether I to be careful

My friend asked, "did you find Anita's address?"

• My friend asked whether I can find Anita's address.

• My friend asked whether I have found Anita's address.

• My friend asked whether I found Anita's address.

• My friend asked whether I had found Anita's address.

Change the direct speech into indirect speech

“We have registered for classes.”

• They said they had registered for classes

• They said that they hadn’t registered for classes

• They will never register for classes

• They said that they can’t register for classes!

2. "I'm coming!"

• She said that she is coming.

• She said that I am coming.

• She said that she was coming.

• She saythat she was coming.

John told me that _____.

• I must go now

• he must go now

• he had to go now

• he had to go then

She said she ______.

• was very tired last night

• was very tired the night before

• had been very tired last night

• had been very tired the night before