Toggle Navigation
Games
Blog
News
Class PIN
Join for Free
Sign in
Toggle Navigation
Games
PIN
Join for Free
Blog
Pricing
News
Contact us
Help center
Sign in
Study
Reported Speech (Upper-Intermediate / B2)
0
%
0
0
0
Back
Restart
"We've been living here for 5 years." | He said...
He said they'd been living there for 5 years.
Oops!
Okay!
"I can ride a bike." | Her little brother said...
Her little brother said he could ride a bike.
Oops!
Okay!
"Alison's living with her parents now." | Joe told me...
Joe told me Alison's living (or was living) with her parents now.
Oops!
Okay!
"I will pick you up at the airport at noon on Saturday." | (reporting on the Sunday after) He said...
He said he would pick him/her/them up at the airport at noon on Saturday.
Oops!
Okay!
"Shall we go to the cinema later?" | She asked him...
She asked him if they should go to the cinema later.
Oops!
Okay!
"We were waiting for hours." | They complained...
They complained that they had been waiting for hours.
Oops!
Okay!
"Don't stay out too late." | Dad told...
Dad told me not to stay out too late.
Oops!
Okay!
"It snowed heavily today." | The weather reporter said...
The weather reporter said it had snowed heavily that day.
Oops!
Okay!
"Flight 2317 to Bali will be departing from gate 5 in 20 minutes." | (Five minutes later, you tell your friend) The announcer said...
The announcer said that flight 2317 will (would) be departing from gate 5 in 15 minutes.
Oops!
Okay!
"The concert starts at eight." | (reported the next day) He said...
He said the concert started at eight.
Oops!
Okay!
"Have you ever seen this film before?" | Katie asked...
Katie asked (me) if/whether I had ever seen the/that film before.
Oops!
Okay!
"We were planning to go out but then Joe started feeling sick." | She said...
She said they had been planning to go out but then Joe started / had started feeling sick.
Oops!
Okay!
"The concert starts at eight." | (reported at 6) He said...
He said the concert starts at eight.
Oops!
Okay!
"Don't cross the yellow line!" | The policeman told them...
The policeman told them not to cross the yellow line.
Oops!
Okay!
"What should I buy for Peter?" | Zhenya asked me...
Zhenya asked me what to buy for Peter. (Zhenya asked me what she should buy for Peter. - correct but unlikely choice)
Oops!
Okay!
"Why didn't you tell me the truth?" | She asked...
She asked me why I hadn't told her the truth.
Oops!
Okay!
"I'm leaving in ten minutes." | She said...
She said she was leaving in ten minutes.
Oops!
Okay!
"Should I tell her what happened?" | He wanted to know...
He wanted to know whether to tell her what had happened.
Oops!
Okay!
"I was working until ten o'clock last night." | She said...
She said she was working until ten o'clock the previous night / the night before.
Oops!
Okay!
"We didn't stay in the hotel because it was too expensive." | He said...
He said they hadn't stayed in the hotel because it was too expensive.
Oops!
Okay!
"I'm meeting John in Berlin this summer." | Sasha told me she...
Sasha told me she is meeting John in Berlin this summer.
Oops!
Okay!
Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.
Allow cookies