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B2 - Reported speech

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  • Erick: Tanya must repair the 3rd reactor right now
    He said she had to repair the 3rd reactor right now
  • "We are going to travel to Spain next summer," Tom said.
    Tom said they were going to travel to Spain the following summer.
  • "What are you doing later?" he asked.
    He asked what I was doing later.
  • I asked, 'Why are you so angry?'
    I asked why he (she) was so angry.
  • He said, 'I'll think about this tomorrow, I don't want to do it now'
    He said he would think about it the next day (th efollowing day), he didn't want to do it then. now
  • She wrote, 'Don't wait for the walls to come down'. And she said, 'Break through them'
    She wrote not to wait for the walls to come down. And she said to break through them.
  • "We have finished our project," they said.
    They said they had finished their project.
  • "Where do you live?" he asked.
    He asked where I lived.
  • Alice said, 'They aren't talking today, because they fell out yesterday'
    Alice said (that) they weren't talking that day, because they had fallen out the day before' (the previous day)
  • "I love Italian food," Anna said.
    Anna said she loved Italian food.
  • "Have you ever been to London?" Paul asked.
    Paul asked if I had ever been to London.
  • Keiko: You can keep your belongings in my closet
    She said I could keep my belongings in her closet
  • Peter, Helen and Mark: We must start the project over again
    They said they had to start the project over again
  • "Are you coming to the meeting?" she asked.
    She asked if I was coming to the meeting.
  • "I was studying when you called," Emma said.
    Emma said she had been studying when I called.
  • He asked Sherlock, 'What are you thinking about now?'
    He asked Sherlock what he was thinking about then (immediately/at the time)
  • Tim: I should buy a new cellphone
    He said he should buy a new cellphone
  • "Who won the match?" they asked.
    They asked who had won the match.
  • "Why did she leave the party early?" Mike asked.
    Mike asked why she had left the party early.
  • "Will they arrive on time?" she asked.
    She asked if they would arrive on time.
  • He said to her, 'Don't be sad'
    He said to her not to be sad.
  • David said, 'Go and sit in the car'
    David said to go and sit in the car.
  • Rocky said, 'I'll be flying tomorrow at this time!'
    Rocky said he would be flying the next day (the following day) at that time.
  • Luis asked his friends, 'Are you surprised?'
    Luis asked his friends if they were surprised.
  • Camila: You don't have to download the archive
    She said I didn't have to download the archive
  • Keyla: I may go to the museum tomorrow
    She said she might go to the museum tomorrow
  • Wendy: They have to clean the 2nd floor
    She said they had to clean the 2nd floor
  • She asked, 'Where is my invitation?'
    She asked where her invitation was.
  • "You should try this restaurant," Mark said.
    Mark said I should try that restaurant.
  • Andrew: You don't have to read the second chapter for doing the homework
    He said you didn't have to read the second chapter for doing the homework
  • "Did you finish your homework?" the teacher asked.
    The teacher asked if I had finished my homework.
  • "Where will we meet tomorrow?" they asked.
    They asked where we would meet the next day.
  • "He may come to the party later," Lisa said.
    Lisa said he might come to the party later.
  • Daniel: You should study for your French test
    He said I should study for my French text
  • They asked him, 'How did you make so much money?'
    They asked him how he had made so much money.
  • "We had never been to Paris before last year," they said.
    They said they had never been to Paris before the previous year.
  • "I saw a great movie last night," John said.
    John said he had seen a great movie the night before.
  • "I can speak three languages," David said.
    David said he could speak three languages.
  • Captain Sparrow said, 'If we don't have the key, we can't open whatever it is'
    Captain Sparrow said if they didn't have the key, they couldn't open whatever it was.
  • "Can you help me with this?" he asked.
    He asked if I could help him with that.
  • She asked, 'Take out the rubbish, please'
    She asked to take out the rubbish.
  • Carlos and Sofia: We might go to Canarias
    They said they might go to Canarias
  • "How long have you been working here?" my boss asked.
    My boss asked how long I had been working there.
  • "She doesn't like horror movies," he said.
    He said she didn’t like horror movies.
  • He said, 'You can be a dead hero or a live coward'
    He said you could be a dead hero or a live coward.
  • He suggested, 'Let's dance!' 🌟
    He suggested dancing / that we should dance / that we should dance.
  • She said to me, 'Don't underestimate slow progress, quiet steps still move mountains'
    She said to menot to underestimate slow progress, quiet steps still moved mountains.
  • "I must leave early today," Lucy said.
    Lucy said she had to leave early that day.
  • "I will call you tomorrow," she said.
    She said she would call me the next day.
  • "What time does the train leave?" she asked.
    She asked what time the train left.
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