Reported speech

He said, "I am very tired."

• He said that he is very tired.

• He said that he was very tired.

• • He said that I was very tired.

She said, "I don't like coffee."

• She said that she didn’t like coffee.

• She said that she doesn’t like coffee.

• • She said that I didn’t like coffee.

They said, "We are watching TV."

• They said that they were watching TV.

• They said that we were watching TV.

• • They said that they are watching TV.

Tom said, "I have a new car."

• Tom said that I had a new car.

• Tom said that he had a new car.

• • Tom said that he has a new car.

Linda said, "I will call you tomorrow."

• Linda said that she will call me tomorrow.

• Linda said that she would call me tomorrow.

• • Linda said that she would call me the next day.

He said, "I can play the guitar."

• He said that he can play the guitar.

• He said that he could play the guitar.

• • He said that I could play the guitar.

She said, "I visited my grandmother last weekend."

• She said that she visited her grandmother last weekend.

• She said that I had visited my grandmother last weekend.

• • She said that she had visited her grandmother the previous weekend.

They said, "We have never been to Japan."

• They said that they have never been to Japan.

• They said that they had never been to Japan.

• • They said that we had never been to Japan.

John said, "I must finish my work before 5 PM."

• John said that he must finish my work before 5 PM.

• John said that he must to finish his work before 5 PM.

• • John said that he had to finish his work before 5 PM.

Mary said, "I may go to the party tonight."

• Mary said that she might go to the party that night.

• Mary said that she may go to the party that night.

• • Mary said that she might go to the party tonight.