Reported Speech

The SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE must change into...

In reported speech we often change ...

• tense

• subject

• pronouns

• object

• place and time expressions

"Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.

• My friend asked if Caron had talk to Kevin

• My friend ask me if Caron had talked to Kevin

• My friend asked me if Caron had talked to Kevin

• My friend asked me if had Caron talked to Kevin

"How are you?" Martin asked us.

• Martin asked us how are you?

• Martin asked us how are you.

• Martin asked us are how you.

• Martin asked us how we were.

The student said that the English test_______ the most difficult.

• is

• was

• were

• has been

"now" in reported speech changes to:

• that day

• the next day

• a day before

• then

"I was on holiday last week", he told us.

• He told us that he had been on holiday the previous week.

• He told us that he had been on holiday last week.

The auxiliary WILL must change for...

• would

• could

• might

• had to

Sara said : " I can swim under water."

• Sara said that I could swim under water."

• Sara said I can swim under water.

• Sara said that she can swim under water.

• Sara said that she could swim under water.

Yaya told Nadech “Don’t leave me alone.”

• didn’t leave her alone.

• not to leave her alone.

• not to left her alone.

• don’t leave her alone.