Reported Speech

John said, "Unicorns are real."

• John said that unicorns are real.

• John said that unicorns were real.

John says, "Unicorns are real."

• John says that unicorns are real.

• John says that unicorns were real.

Kimsean said, "Anne hits me a lot."

• Kimsean said that Anne hits him a lot.

• Kimsean said that Anne hit him a lot.

The book said: "Cheetahs can run at 120 km/h."

• The book said that cheetahs could run at 120 km/h.

• The book says that cheetahs can run at 120 km/h.

The author writes, "Cheetahs can run at 120 km/h."

• The author writes that cheetahs can run at 120 km/h.

• The author writes that cheetahs could run at 120 km/h.

"The robber ran away with a million dollars," said the police.

• The police said that the robber ran away with a million dollars.

• The police said that the robber had run away with a million dollars.

"The robber is wearing black and white," said the detective.

• The detective told us that the robber is wearing black and white.

• The detective told us that the robber was wearing black and white.

"I have to go to the gym," my sister told me.

• My sister told me that she had to go to the gym.

• My sister told me that she has to go to the gym.

"I am sick today," wrote my teacher.

• My teacher wrote that she was sick today.

• My teacher wrote that she was sick that day.

My friend said, "I may go to the doctor."

• My friend said that I might go to the doctor.

• My friend said that she might go to the doctor.

• My friend said that she may go to the doctor.