Reported Speech

Change the following sentence into reported speech.

Molly said, “My dad ran a marathon at the age of 65.”

Molly said that _____ dad ran a Mara at the age of 65.

“I have written three pages of the report,” said Martin.

Martin said that he ________ three pages of the report.

Ethan told his mother, “ I wasn’t paying attention at that time.”

Change the sentence to reported speech.

• Ethan told his mother that he not to pay attention at that time.

• Ethan told his mother that he was paying attention at that time.

• Ethan told his mother that he was not paying attention at that time.

• Ethan told his mother that he has not been paying attention at that time.

“Karen is arriving today,” she told me.

• She told to me that Karen is arriving today.

• She told me that Karen is arriving today.

• She told me that Karen was arriving the day after.

• She told me that Karen was arriving that day.

“Say hello to Jim,” they said.

• They ordered me to say hello to Jim.

• They said that I said hello to Jim.

• They asked me to say hello to Jim.

• They told me that I said hello to Jim.

“Don’t try this at home,” the stuntman told the audience.

• The stuntman advised the audience do not try this at home.

• The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home.

• The stuntman ordered the audience did not try that at home.

• The stuntman told the audience do not try that at home.

She said, “I will see you later.”

Change the sentence into reported speech.

Tonny told me, “ I have not seen Julie for 2 years.”

Change it to reported speech.

The boy says, “ I do not like eating ice cream.”

The boy ______ that he does not like eating ice cream.

The teacher said, “ The sun rises in the east.”

• The teacher said that the Sun rises in the east.

• The teacher said that the sun rose in the east.

• The teacher said that the sun has risen in the east.

• The teacher says that the sun risen in the east.