Reported speech

‘I always buy organic butter’ — He said that always boughthe always boughthe always buy organic butter

‘I’m getting my haircut tomorrow’ — She told me she she gets herwas getting herwas getting her haircut the next day

‘I haven’t passed the test’ — He said he that hadn't passedhe hasn't passedhe hadn’t passed the test

‘We saw her at the station’ — They told us they had seen herthey had seen herme they have seen her at the station

‘I’ll meet you all there’ — He said that he meetshe will meethe would meet us there

‘I can’t hear them’ — She said she isn't hearingshe doesn't hearshe couldn’t hear them

‘What time is it?’ — He asked me what time it isme what time is itwhat time it is

[A woman to a man] ‘Do you like dinosaurs?’ — She asked him if he liked dinosaurshim if he does like dinosaurshim does he like dinosaurs

‘I’ll go’ — He told that he would gosaid that he will gosaid that he would go

‘My name is Simon’ — He said me his name is Simonhis name is Simonmy name is Simon

[Waiter to customers]: ‘Do you want to drink some wine?’ — The waiter asked them if they do want to drinkthem what if they wanted to drinkthem if they wanted to drink some wine

[Tourists to Policeman]: ‘Do you know where the police station is?’ — The tourists asked the policeman if he knew where the police station wasasked the policeman if he knew where is the police stationasked the policeman if did know where the police station is

‘I haven’t seen your dog’ — She told me she hadn’t seen herthat she hadn’t seen myme she hadn’t seen my dog

’We’ll tell you both about the job’ — They said that they will tell usme that they would tell usthat they would tell us about the job

‘We had never been to China before’ — They said that they had never been inthey have never been tothey had never been to China before

She said that she couldn’t stay long because she had to go toshe can’t stay long because she had to go tocouldn’t stay long because she had to go to another meeting

[Jimmy to Sheila]: ‘You might see me at this party’ — Jimmy told Sheila that she might see himtold him that she might see himtold Sheila that she might see her at that party

[Me to a woman] ‘I’ve already eaten’ — I told her that I had already eatenshe that I had already eatenher that I have already eaten

‘The movie is amazing’ — He said that the movie is being amazingthat the movie was amazingme that the movie was amazing

[Man to me] ’I think Japan is my favourite country’ — He told that he thought that Japan was hisme that he thought that Japan was hisme that he thinks Japan was his favorite country

[Them to us]: ’We grow sunflowers in our garden’ — They told us that they grew sunflowers in theirthem that they grew sunflowers in theirus that they grew sunflowers in our garden

‘We’re going to have a baby next year’ — He said that they were going to havethey are going to havewe are going to have a baby the following year

’I couldn’t swim’ — She said that she couldn’tthat I couldn’tthat she can’t swim

[Man to me]: ‘My dog might be ill’ — The man told that his dog might beme that my dog might beme that his dog might be ill

‘I lost my bag in the airport’ — My sister said that she lost her bagme that she had lost her bagthat she had lost her bag in the airport