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  • Reported: He asked me if I had seen the movie. Direct speech:
    “Are you seeing the movie?”
    “Do you see the movie?”
    “Have you seen the movie?”
    “Did you see the movie?”
  • Reported: They said they would help me. Direct speech:
    “We helped you.”
    “We are helping you.”
    “We will help you.”
    “We help you.”
  • Direct: “Do you like English?” Reported speech:
    She told me I like English.
    She asked me if I like English.
    She asked me if I was liking English.
    She asked me if I liked English.
  • Reported: She said she had been working at the company for five years. → Make it direct
    Answer: “I have been working at the company for five years.” (justification: past perfect continuous → present perfect continuous)
  • Reported: He said he liked pizza. → Make it direct
    Answer: “I like pizza.” (justification: past simple → present simple)
  • Reported: They said they were watching TV. Direct speech:
    “We were watch TV.”
    “We watch TV.”
    “We watched TV.”
    “We are watching TV.”
  • Direct speech: “I’m reading a book.” How do we report this?
    He said he was reading a book.
    He said he has read a book.
    He said he read a book.
    He said he is reading a book.
  • Direct: “I am tired.” → Make it reported
    Answer: She said she was tired. (justification: present simple → past simple)
  • Direct: “Will you come to the party?” Reported speech:
    She asked me if I would come to the party.
    She asked me if I will come to the party.
    She asked me if I am coming to the party.
    She said I would come to the party.
  • Reported: She asked me where I was going. Direct speech:
    “Where you are going?”
    “Where were you going?”
    “Where are you going?”
    “Where do you go?”
  • Direct speech: “I can help you.” Reported speech is:
    He said he can help me.
    He said he could help me.
    He said he helped me.
    He said he was helping me.
  • Direct: “I’m not going to travel next month.” Reported speech:
    He said he hadn’t travelled the following month.
    He said he wasn’t going to travel the following month.
    He said he didn’t travel the next month.
    He said he isn’t going to travel next month.
  • Direct: “Where did you go last weekend?” Reported speech:
    He asked me where I had gone the weekend before.
    He said I had gone last weekend.
    He asked me where I went last weekend.
    He asked me where I was going last weekend.
  • Direct speech: “I’m tired.” Reported speech is:
    He said he has been tired.
    He said he will be tired.
    He said he is tired.
    He said he was tired.
  • Direct: “I can’t swim.” Reported speech:
    She said she wasn’t swimming.
    She said she can’t swim.
    She said she couldn’t swim.
    She said she hadn’t swum.
  • Reported: He asked me if I would go with him. Direct speech:
    “Do you go with me?”
    “Will you go with me?”
    “Are you going with me?”
    “Would you go with me?”
  • Direct speech: “Where are you going?” Reported speech is:
    She asked me where was I going.
    She asked me where I was going.
    She said me where I go.
    She told me I was going there.
  • Reported: She said she was studying for the test. Direct speech:
    “I study for the test.”
    “I studied for the test.”
    “I was study for the test.”
    “I’m studying for the test.”
  • Direct: “Did you see the film last week?” → Make it reported
    Answer: He asked me if I had seen the film the week before. (justification: past simple question → past perfect question; time expression last week → the week b
  • Direct: “We didn’t go to school yesterday.” Reported speech:
    They said they weren’t going to school.
    They said they hadn’t gone to school the day before.
    They said they didn’t go to school yesterday.
    They said they haven’t gone to school.
  • Direct: “We have finished the project.” → Make it reported
    Answer: They said they had finished the project. (justification: present perfect → past perfect)
  • Reported: She said she had finished her homework. Direct speech:
    “I finished my homework.”
    “I have finished my homework.”
    I finish my homework.”
    “I was finishing my homework.”
  • Direct: “I don’t like pizza.” Reported speech:
    She said she wasn’t liking pizza.
    She said she hasn’t liked pizza.
    She said she doesn’t like pizza.
    She said she didn’t like pizza.
  • Direct speech: “Did the courier service deliver the package here?” Reported speech is:
    He told that the courier service delivered the package.
    He said the courier service delivers the package here.
    He asked did the courier service deliver the package.
    He asked if the courier service had delivered the package th
  • Reported: He asked me if I was studying English. → Make it direct
    Answer: “Are you studying English?” (justification: past continuous → present continuous; question form restored)
  • Direct speech: “We will travel to Paris.” Reported speech is:
    They said they had travelled to Paris.
    They said they will travel to Paris.
    They said they are travelling to Paris.
    They said they would travel to Paris.
  • Direct: “I must study for the exam.” → Make it reported
    Answer: She said she had to study for the exam. (justification: must → had to)
  • Direct: “Has she finished the project?” Reported speech:
    He asked if she has finished the project.
    He said she finished the project
    He asked if she was finishing the project.
    He asked if she had finished the project.
  • Direct: “I must finish my homework.” Reported speech:
    He said he must had finish his homework.
    He said he must finish his homework.
    He said he finished his homework.
    He said he had to finish his homework.
  • Direct speech: “I may visit my cousin.” Reported speech is:
    She said she may visit her cousin.
    She said she was visiting her cousin.
    She said she had visited her cousin.
    She said she might visit her cousin.
  • Direct: “Are you watching TV?” Reported speech:
    He asked me if I was watching TV.
    He asked me if I am watching TV.
    He asked me if I watched TV.
    He told me I was watching TV.
  • Direct: “I will call you tomorrow.” → Make it reported
    Answer: He said he would call me the next day. (justification: will → would; time expression tomorrow → the next day)
  • Reported: He asked me if I liked chocolate. Direct speech:
    “Will you like chocolate?”
    “Did you like chocolate?”
    “Are you liking chocolate?”
    “Do you like chocolate?”
  • Reported: She said she couldn’t come to the party. Direct speech:
    “I don’t come to the party.”
    “I couldn’t come to the party.”
    “I can’t come to the party.”
    “I’m not coming to the party.”
  • Reported: He said he had gone to the park the day before. Direct speech:
    “I go to the park yesterday.”
    “I was going to the park yesterday.”
    “I had gone to the park yesterday.”
    “I went to the park yesterday.”
  • Direct speech: “I visited my grandmother last week.” Reported speech is:
    She said she had visited her grandmother the week before.
    She said she was visiting her grandmother.
    She said she visited her grandmother last week.
    She said she has visited her grandmother.
  • Reported: They said they couldn’t come to the party. → Make it direct
    Answer: “We can’t come to the party.” (justification: could → can)
  • Direct: “I visited my grandmother yesterday.” → Make it reported
    Answer: She said she had visited her grandmother the day before. (justification: past simple → past perfect; time expression yesterday → the day before)
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