REPORTED SPEECH PRACTICE 

‘They are playing football, he said

He said that they were playing football

‘I’ll pay you the day after tomorrow’, Jim said

Jim said that he would pay us/them two days after

‘I don’t eat fish’, Jane said

Jane said that she didn’t eat fish

‘Where are the books which I lent you?’, he asked me

He asked me where the books which I lent you were

‘Have you ever travelled to China?’, I said to him

I asked him if he had ever travelled to China

‘They have brought this parcel today’, they said

They said that they had brought that parcel that day

‘Can you read English newspapers?’, he asked her

He asked her if she could read English newspapers

‘Please don’t be late’ she said to her sister

She asked her sister not to be late

‘Did Mary pass the driving test?’ my brother asked me

My brother asked me if Mary had passed the driving test

‘They will finish tomorrow’ my mother said to us

My mother told us that they would finish the following day/the day after/the next day

‘They do what they are told to’, he said

He said that they did what they were told to

‘He has never read a complete book’, he said to me

He told me that he had never read a complete book

‘When did you leave school?’, he asked me

He asked me when I had left school

‘They have discovered water in the moon’, the news said

The news said that they had discovered water …

‘I met Mary’s sister three years ago’, she said

She said that she had met Mary’s sister 3 years before

‘I was in Paris yesterday’ he said

He said that he had been in Paris the day before

‘My son won a prize the day before yesterday’, Susan said

Susan said that her son had won a prize 2 days before

‘Don’t do what you are doing’, she said to me

She told me not to do what I was doing

‘Please don’t smoke here!’, he said to me

He asked me not to smoke there

‘I’ve had an argument with my husband’, the policewoman said to me

The policewoman told me that she had had an argument with her husband