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 was getting herwas getting hershe gets her haircut the next day

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

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

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

‘I can’t hear them’ — She said she couldn’t hearshe isn't hearingshe doesn'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 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 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 he knew where is the police stationasked the policeman if he knew where the police station wasasked the policeman if did know where the police station is

‘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 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 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 have already eatenher that I had already eatenshe that I had 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 thought that Japan was hisme that he thinks 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 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 I couldn’tthat she 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 me that she had lost her bagthat she lost her bagthat she had lost her bag in the airport