Reported speech exercises

‘I always buy organic butter’ — He said that always boughthe always buyhe always bought 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 hadn’t passedhe that hadn't passedhe hasn'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 doesn't hearshe isn't hearingshe couldn’t hear them

‘What time is it?’ — He asked what time it isme what 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 my name is Simonhis name is Simonme his name is Simon

[Waiter to customers]: ‘Do you want to drink some wine?’ — The waiter asked them what if they wanted to drinkthem 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 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 would tell usthat they will tell usme that 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 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 have already eatenshe that I had already eatenher that I had 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 that he thought that Japan was hisme that he thinks Japan was hisme that he thought that Japan was his favorite country

[Them to us]: ’We grow sunflowers in our garden’ — They told us that they grew sunflowers in ourthem that they grew sunflowers in theirus that they grew sunflowers in their 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 can’tthat I couldn’tthat she couldn’t swim

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

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