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 was going to the market.

• She said, 'I will go to the market.'

• She said that she was going to a store.

Convert to reported speech: He said, 'I will finish my homework.'

• He said that he had finished his homework.

• He said that he would finish his homework.

• He said that he will finish his homework.

• He said that he is finishing his homework.

Convert to reported speech: They said, 'We have seen that movie.'

• They said that they will see that movie.

• They said that they have seen that movie.

• They said they saw that movie.

• They said that they had seen that movie.

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

• She asked if I am coming to the party.

• She asked if I was coming to the party.

• She asked if I was going to the party.

• She asked whether I will come to the party.

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

• He said he would help you with that.

• He said that I could help him with that.

• He said that he could help me with that.

• He said that he can help you with that.

Change to reported speech: 'I was studying when you called,' she said.

• She said that she is studying when you called.

• She said that she had studied when I called.

• She said that she had been studying when I called.

• She said that she was studying when you called.

Change to reported speech: 'I have been waiting for an hour,' he said.

• He said that he had waited for an hour.

• He said that he had been waiting for an hour.

• He said that he was waiting for an hour.

• He said that he has been waiting for an hour.

Convert to reported speech: 'Do you like ice cream?' she asked.

• She asked whether she liked ice cream or not.

• She asked if she likes ice cream.

• She inquired if she enjoys ice cream.

• She asked if she liked ice cream.

Convert to reported speech: 'I might go to the concert,' he said.

• He said that he would go to the concert.

• He mentioned that he might not go to the concert.

• He stated that he is going to the concert.

• He said that he might go to the concert.

Convert to reported speech: 'We are planning a trip,' they said.

• They said they were planning trips.

• They said that they were planning a trip.

• They said that they planned a trip.

• They said they are planning a trip.