Reported speech

Samar said, "I got married last week."

• She said that she had got married the previous week.

• She said that she got married last week.

• She said that she had got married last week.

• She said that she got married the previous week.

Soha said to me, "Where are you going tomorrow?"

• She said to me where I am going tomorrow.

• She asked me where was I going tomorrow.

• She said to me where was I going the next day.

• She asked me where I was going the following day.

"May I smoke in this room?", Jim asked me.

• He asked me if he may smoke in this room.

• He asked me whether he smoked in that room.

• He asked me if he might smoke in that room.

• He asked me whether he could smoke in this room.

He said to me, "Be quick!"

• He asked me to quick.

• He told me to be quick.

• He said to be quick.

• He begged me saying to be quick.

"Could you explain number four, please?", she asked me.

• She asked me whether I can explain number four.

• She asked me that I explain number four.

• She asked me if I could explain number four.

• She asked me to explain number four.

I told her, "Hurry up and don't ignore me".

• I told her hurry up and not to ignore me.

• I told her to hurry up and not to ignore me.

• I asked her to hurry up and don't ignore me.

• I asked her to hurry up but not to ignore me.

Omar says, "I can speak French very well".

• He says that he can speak French very well.

• He says that he could speak French very well.

• He said that he could speak French very well.

• He says that he speaks French very well.

She told her friends, "I had studied hard for this exam".

• She told them that she have studied hard for this exam.

• She told them that she had been studying hard for that exam.

• She told them that she had studied hard for that exam.

• She told them that she studied hard for this exam.