Reported Speech - Statements

"I don't like fast food."

• He said he doesn't like fast food.
• He said he don't like fast food.
• He said he didn't like fast food.
• He said he hadn't liked fast food.

"Tom couldn't dance at all."

• She said Tom hadn't could dance at all.
• She said Tom couldn't dance at all.
• She said Tom couldn't had danced at all.
• She said Tom couldn't danced at all.

"We always walk the dog in the park."

• She said they would always walk the dog in the park.
• She said they always walk the dog in the park.
• She said they have always walked the dog in the park.
• She said they always walked the dog in the park.

"We have finished it just in time!"

• She said they had finished it just in time.
• She said they finished it just in time.
• She said they have finished it just in time.
• She said they had finish it just in time.

"I never believed him."

• She said she never believed him.
• She said she had never believed him.
• She said she has never believed him.
• She said she hadn't never believed him.

"Folk music makes me sick."

• He told me that folk music made him sick.
• He told me that folk music had made him sick.
• He told me that folk music makes him sick.
• He told me that folk music has made him sick.

"I am looking forward to holidays."

• She said she was looking forward to holidays.
• She said she had been looking forward to holidays.
• She said she has been looking forward to holidays.
• She said she is looking forward to holidays.

Amy said, "Polly is learning her script upstairs."

• Amy said that Polly is learning her script upstairs.
• Amy said that Polly was learning her script upstairs.
• Amy said Polly learnt her script upstairs.
• Amy said the Polly would learn her script upstairs.

Tina said, "Milly's dad has worked in New York."

• Tina said that Milly's dad had worked in New York.
• Tina said that Milly's dad had had worked in New York.
• Tina said Milly's dad worked in New York.
• Tina said that Milly's dad would have worked in New York.

Olly and Max said, "We don't know the population of London."

• Olly and Max said that they don't know the population of London.
• Olly and Max said that they didn't know the population of London.
• Olly and Max said we didn't know the population of London.
• Olly and Max said that they hadn't known the population of London.