REPORTED SPEECH

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Katie's mum said, "Katie ran very quickly."

• Katie's mum said that Katie had run very quickly.
• Katie's mum said that Katie had ran very quickly.
• Katie's mum said Katie ran very quickly.
• Katie's mum said that Katie would have ran very quickly.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Rika asked, "Why are they crying?"

• Rika asked why were they crying.
• Rika asked why we were crying.
• Rika asked why they were crying.
• Rika asked why we are crying.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Which one of the examples is reported speech?

• She will go to school tomorrow.
• "I won't go to school," said Sarah.
• Sarah told me that she wouldn't go to school on the next day.
• She told me about it.

Change into reported speech: "I will become an astronaut."

• Jane answered that she will become an astronaut.
• Jane answers that she would become an astronaut.
• Jane answered that she will had become an astronaut.
• Jane answered that she would become an astronaut.

In reported speech you usually change "yesterday" into...

• one day
• yesterday
• the day before
• on earlier day

In reported speech "now" changes into...

• then
• that day
• right now
• earlier than now

Change into reported speech: "Come here tomorrow!"

• The neighbour told that I go there tomorrow.
• The neighbour told me go there that day.
• The neighbour told me to go there on the next day.
• The neighbour told me to come there on the next day.