EXERCISE ON REPORTED SPEECH

1. He said, "I like this song."
   → He said that he liked that song.
2. "Where is your sister?" she asked me.
   → She asked me where my sister was.
3. "I don't speak Italian," she said.
   → She said that she didn't speak Italian.
4. "Say hello to Jim," they said.
   → They asked me to say hello to Jim.
5. "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
   → He said that the film had begun at seven o'clock.
6. "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
   → She told the boys not to play on the grass.
7. "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
   → She asked him where he had spent his money.
8. "I never make mistakes," he said.
   → He said that he never made mistakes.
9. "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
   → He wanted to know if she knew Robert.
10. "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
    → The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home 
11. 1. "I was very tired," she said.
       → She said that she had been very tired.
    2. "Be careful, Ben," she said.
       → She told Ben to be careful.
    3. "I will get myself a drink," she says.
       → She says that she will get herself a drink.
    4. "Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me.
       → He wondered why I hadn't phoned him.
    5. "I cannot drive them home," he said.
       → He said that he could not drive them home.
    6. "Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.
       → She asks Peter if he prefers tea or coffee.
    7. "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me.
       → She asked me where I had spent my holidays the year before.
    8. He said, "Don't go too far."
       → He advised her not to go too far.
    9. "Have you been shopping?" he asked us.
       → He wanted to know if we had been shopping.
    10. "Don't make so much noise," he says.
        → He asks us not to make so much nois

EXPLICACION DEL REPORTED SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH	Columna1
DIRECT SPEECH	INDIRECT SPEECH
PRESENT SIMPLE	PAST SIMPLE
she said, "It´s cold".	she said it was cold
PRESENT CONTINUOUS	PAST CONTINUOUS
she said, "I´m teaching english online".	she said she was teaching english online.
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE	PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
she said, "I´ve been on the web since 1999."	she said she had been on the web since 1999.
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS	PAST PERFEC CONTINUOUS
she said, "I have been teaching english for seven years."	she said she had been teaching english for seven years.
PAST SIMPLE	PAST PERFECT
she said, "I taught online yesterday."	she said she had taught online yesterday
PAST CONTINUOUS	PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
she said, "I was teaching earlier."	she said she had been teaching earlier.
PAST PERFECT	PAST PERFECT
she said, " the lesson had already started when he arrived."	NO CHANGE- she said the lesson had already started when he arrived.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS	PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
she said, "I´d already been teaching for five minutes."	NO CHANGE- she said she´d already been teaching for five minutes
Modal verb forms also sometimes change:
WILL	WOULD
she said, "I´II teach english online tomorrow	she said she would teach english online tomorrow
CAN	COULD
she said, "I can teach english online"	she said she could teach english online
MUST	HAD TO
she said, "I must have a computer to teach english online	she said she had to have a computer to teach english online
SALL	SHOULD
she said,"what shall we learn today?"	she asked what we should learn today
MAY	MIGHT
she said, "May I open a new browser?"	she asked of she might open a new browser.