REPORTED SPEECH

We use reported speech to:

• talk about spontaneous situations.

• talk about something that someone has already told us.

• talk about actions in progress at a certain time in the future

Do verbs tenses change in reported speech?

• No

• Yes

• I don't know

Is optional to use "that" in reported speech?

• Yes

• No

• I don't know

We don´t change verb tenses in reported speech when:

• The fact being reported is a general truth.

• Reporting something a person has just said

• Reporting something that still is true

• Reporting imperatives statements,

• All options are correct

Jhon: "I am so tired of this work"

Jhon said that ________________

• He will be tired of this work

• He is tired of this work

• He was tired of this work

María: "We will go to the store"

María said that _________________

• She would go to the store

• She will go to the store

• She was go to the store

Dani asked, "Did you get your passport?"

She asked ________________

• If I got my passport

• If I got your passport

• If I had gotten my passport

• If I had gotten your passport

Richard: "I am going to ride a skateboard"

Richard said that _______________

• He will going to ride a skateboard

• He is going to ride a skateboard

• He was going to ride a skateboard

'It is cold outside,' Helen said.

Helen said it _____________ cold outside.

• was cold

• is cold

• was colding

My mom: "Do your homeworks"

My mom ____________

• told me to do my homeworks

• told me do my homeworks

• told me that I did my homeworks