Study

B1 Reported speech

  •   0%
  •  0     0     0

      Back   Restart
  • “I am waiting here for you,” she said.
    She said she was waiting there for me.
    She told she was waiting here for me.
    She said she had waited there for me.
    She said me she is waiting here.
  • “We are going to move here,” they said. [Reported in a different place]
    They said they were going to move there.
    They told they were going to move here.
    They said they are going to move here.
    She said they had moved there.
  • “Where do you work?” he asked.
    He asked where did I work.
    He asked where I worked.
    He asked where do I work.
    She asked where had I worked.
  • “I can’t come here today,” she said. [Reported a few days later]
    She said she can’t come here today.
    She told she couldn’t come here that day.
    She said she couldn’t come there that day.
    She said she had come there that day.
  • “I am going to buy this house,” he said. [Reported in a different location]
    He said he was going to buy that house.
    He said he was going to buy this house.
    He told he was going to buy this house.
    He said he would buy that house.
  • “We are going to travel next year,” they said. [Reported in the same year]
    They said they had travelled the following year.
    They said they are going to travel next year.
    They said they were going to travel the following year.
    They told they were going to travel next year.
  • “I lost my bag here yesterday,” she said.  [Reported two weeks later in a different location]
    She said she has lost her bag there the day before.
    She told she had lost her bag here yesterday.
    She said she had lost her bag there the day before.
    She said she lost her bag here yesterday.
  • “Do you know the answer?” he asked.
    He asked if I have known the answer.
    He asked did I know the answer.
    He asked whether I knew the answer.
    He asked do I know the answer.
  • “I met her here last month,” she said. eported a few months later in a different location]
    She said she has met her there the month before.
    She told she had met her there last month.
    She said she met her here last month.
    She said she had met her there the month before.
  • “We bought this car last year,” they said. [Reported more than a year later]
    They said they bought this car last year.
    They said they have bought that car the year before.
    They said they had bought that car the year before.
    They told they had bought that car last year.
  • “Do you live near here?” she asked.
    She asked if I lived near there.
    She asked do I live near there.
    She asked whether I have lived near there.
    She asked did I live near here.
  • “We are staying here this week,” they said.
    They said they are staying here that week.
    They said they were staying there that week.
    They told they were staying here that week.
    They said they had stayed there that week.
  • “Are you tired today?” he asked.
    He asked if I am tired that day.
    He asked were you tired today.
    He asked whether I have been tired that day.
    He asked if I was tired that day.
  • “Where do you live?” she asked.
    She asked where had I lived.
    She asked where I lived.
    She asked where did I live.
    She asked where do I live.
  • “I don’t understand this question,” she said.
    She said she didn’t understand that question.
    She said she hadn’t understood that question.
    She told she didn’t understand this question.
    She said me she doesn’t understand that question.
  • “I am reading this article,” he said.
    He said he was reading that article.
    She said he had read that article.
    He said me he is reading this article.
    He told he was reading this article.
  • “I will visit you next month,” he said. [Reported several months later]
    He said he would visit me the following month.
    She said he had visited me the following month.
    He said he will visit me next month.
    He told he would visit me next month.
  • “I will call you later,” he said. [Reported the next day]
    He said he will call me later.
    He said he had called me later.
    He said he would call me later.
    He told he would call me later.
  • “Did she call you last night?” she asked.
    She asked if she had called me the night before.
    She asked if she called me the night before.
    She asked did she call me last night.
    She asked whether had she called me the night before.
  • “Are they working today?” he asked.
    He asked if they were working that day.
    He asked whether they have worked that day.
    He asked were they working today.
    He asked if they working that day.
  • “Did she call you?” he asked.
    He asked if she had called me.
    He asked did she call me.
    He asked whether had she called me.
    He asked had she called me.
  • “Are you tired?” she asked.
    She asked if I was tired.
    She asked was I tired.
    She asked am I tired.
    She asked whether I have been tired.
  • “I finished my homework,” he said.
    He told he had finished his homework.
    He said he had finished his homework.
    He said he has finished his homework.
    He said he finished my homework.
  • “I am not feeling well,” she said. [Reported in the moment]
    She told she wasn’t feeling well.
    She said she wasn’t feeling well.
    She said she isn’t feeling well.
    She said she hadn’t felt well.
  • “I will see you tonight,” she said. eported a week later]
    She said she had seen me that night.
    She said she would see me that night.
    She said she will see me tonight.
    She told she would see me tonight.
  • “Are you coming with me?” he asked.
    He asked whether I have been coming with him.
    He asked were I coming with him.
    He asked if I was coming with him.
    He asked am I coming with him.
  • “Will they arrive tonight?” he asked.
    He asked if they will arrive that night.
    He asked will they arrive tonight.
    He asked if they would arrive that night.
    He asked whether would they arrive that night.
  • “Why do you like this place?” she asked.
    She asked why I liked that place.
    She asked why did I like this place.
    She asked why do I like that place.
    She asked why I had liked that place.
  • “I will finish this today,” he said.
    He told he would finish this that day.
    He said he will finish this today.
    He said he had finished that that day.
    He said he would finish that that day.
  • “I cleaned my room yesterday,” she said. [Reported a few days later]
    She said she had cleaned her room the day before.
    She told she had cleaned her room yesterday.
    She said she has cleaned her room the day before.
    She said she cleaned her room yesterday.
  • “Will you help me?” he asked.
    He asked if I could help him.
    He asked whether I would help him.
    He asked whether would I help him.
    He asked will I help him.
  • “I didn’t see him yesterday,” she said.
    She said she didn’t saw him yesterday.
    She said she hadn’t seen him the day before.
    She told she hadn’t seen him yesterday.
    She said she has not seen him the day before.
  • “I am going to see her tomorrow,” she said. [Reported a few days later]
    She said she would see her the next day.
    She said she was going to see her the next day.
    She told she was going to see her tomorrow.
    She said she is going to see her tomorrow.
  • “Please sit here,” she said.
    She told me sit here.
    She told me to sit there.
    She asked me sit there.
    She said sit here.
  • “Where are you going?” she asked.
    She asked where I was going.
    She asked where was I going.
    She asked where am I going.
    She asked where I had gone.
  • “I will finish my work now,” he said.
    He told he would finish his work now.
    He said he would finish his work then.
    He said he will finish my work now.
    He said he had finished his work then.
  • “Are you watching TV now?” he asked.
    He asked if I am watching TV then.
    He asked whether I have watched TV then.
    He asked were I watching TV now.
    He asked if I was watching TV then.
  • “I saw her here,” he said. [Reported a few days later in a different location]
    He told he had seen her here.
    He said he saw her here.
    He said he had seen her there.
    She said he has seen her there.
  • “Did you finish the work?” he asked.
    He asked if I have finished the work.
    He asked if I had finished the work.
    He asked did I finish the work.
    He asked whether had I finished the work.
  • “I will travel next week,” he said. [Reported a few weeks later]
    He said he will travel next week.
    He told he would travel next week.
    He said he had travelled the following week.
    He said he would travel the following week.
  • “Don’t open the window,” he said.
    He told me not to open the window.
    He warned me not open the window.
    He asked me not open the window.
    He said don’t open the window.
  • “Do you like this restaurant?” she asked.
    She asked did I like this restaurant.
    She asked if I liked that restaurant.
    She asked do I like that restaurant.
    She asked whether I have liked that restaurant.
  • “I am going to visit my aunt next week,” he said. eported a week later]
    He said he was going to visit his aunt next week.
    He told he was going to visit my aunt the following week.
    He said he would visit his aunt the next week.
    He said he was going to visit his aunt the following week.
  • “I live near this park,” she said.  [Reported standing in the park which she still lives near]
    She told she lived near this park.
    She said she lives near this park.
    She said she lived near that park.
    She said she had lived near that park.
  • “We are working here this month,” they said. eported several months later in a different location]
    They said they are working here this month.
    They said they were working there that month.
    She said they had worked there that month.
    They told they were working here that month.
  • “We are going to travel next month,” they said.
    They told they were going to travel next month.
    They said they were going to travel the following month.
    They said they had travelled the following month.
    They said they are travelling next month.
  • “I am going to meet her tomorrow,” he said. [Reported on a different day]
    He said he is going to meet her tomorrow.
    He said he was going to meet her the next day.
    She said he would meet her the next day.
    He told he was going to meet her tomorrow.
  • “I am cooking dinner,” she said. [Reported later]
    She said she was cooking dinner.
    She said she is cooking dinner.
    She told she was cooking dinner.
    She said she had cooked dinner.
  • “I am going to buy these shoes,” she said. [Reported in the shop before she buys the shoes]
    She said she would buy those shoes.
    She said she is going to buy these shoes.
    She said she was going to buy those shoes.
    She told she was going to buy these shoes.
  • “Did you call me yesterday?” she asked.
    She asked whether had I called her the day before.
    She asked if I called her the day before.
    She asked did I call her yesterday.
    She asked if I had called her the day before.
  • “I bought this jacket yesterday,” he said. eported on a different day]
    He said he has bought that jacket the day before.
    He said he bought this jacket yesterday.
    He said he had bought that jacket the day before.
    He told he had bought that jacket yesterday.
  • “I am reading this book,” he said. [Reported later]
    He said he was reading that book.
    He said he had read that book.
    He said he is reading this book.
    He told he was reading this book.
  • “I don’t like this music,” she said.
    She said me she doesn’t like that music.
    She told she didn’t like this music.
    She said she didn’t like that music.
    She said she hadn’t liked that music.
    • Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.