Reported speech

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

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

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

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

‘I’ll meet you all there’ — He said that he will meethe would meethe meets 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 iswhat time it isme what time is it

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

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

‘My name is Simon’ — He said his name is Simonmy name is Simonme his name is Simon

[Waiter to customers]: ‘Do you want to drink some wine?’ — The waiter asked them if they wanted to drinkthem if they do want to drinkthem what 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 did know where the police station isasked the policeman if he knew where is the police station

‘I haven’t seen your dog’ — She told that she hadn’t seen myme she hadn’t seen myme she hadn’t seen her dog

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

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

She said that she can’t stay long because she had to go tocouldn’t stay long because she had to go toshe couldn’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 hertold Sheila that she might see himtold him that she might see him at that party

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

‘The movie is amazing’ — He said that the movie was amazingme that the movie was amazingthat the movie is being 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 them that they grew sunflowers in theirus 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 we are going to havethey are going to havethey were going to have a baby the following year

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

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

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