Reported speech exercises

‘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 hasn't passedhe that hadn't passedhe 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 meetshe would meethe will 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 liked dinosaurshim does he like dinosaurshim if he does like dinosaurs

‘I’ll go’ — He told that he would gosaid that he would gosaid that he will 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 if they do want to drinkthem if they wanted 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 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 herthat she hadn’t seen myme she hadn’t seen my dog

’We’ll tell you both about the job’ — They said me that they would tell usthat 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 tothey had never been in China before

She said that couldn’t stay long because she had to go toshe can’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 she that I had already eatenher that I had already eatenher that I have already eaten

‘The movie is amazing’ — He said me that the movie was amazingthat the movie is being 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 ourus that they grew sunflowers in their 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 can’tthat she couldn’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