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 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 herus they had seen herthey had seen her at the station

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

‘I can’t hear them’ — She said she isn't hearingshe couldn’t hearshe doesn'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 does like dinosaurshim does he like dinosaurshim if he liked dinosaurs

‘I’ll go’ — He told that he would gosaid that he will 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 what if they wanted to drinkthem if they do want to drink some wine

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

‘I haven’t seen your dog’ — She told me she hadn’t seen herme she hadn’t seen mythat 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 have never been tothey had never been inthey had never been to China before

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

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

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

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

[Man to me] ’I think Japan is my favourite country’ — He told me that he thinks Japan was hisme that he thought that Japan was histhat he thought that 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 they are going to havewe are going to havethey were 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 me that his dog might bethat his dog might beme that my 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