REPORTED SPEECH: STATEMENTS

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises?03

http://2myenglishblog.blogspot.com.es/2016/04/reported-speech.html

http://www.slideshare.net/alexisgore1/reported-speech-59196594

Rewrite the sentences in reported speech. Change pronouns and time expressions where necessary.

1. She said, "I am reading."
   → She said that 
2. They said, "We are busy."
   → They said that 
3. He said, "I know a better restaurant."
   → He said that 
4. She said, "I woke up early."
   → She said that 
5. He said, "I will ring her."
   → He said that 
6. They said, "We have just arrived."
   → They said that 
7. He said, "I will clean the car."
   → He said that 
8. She said, "I did not say that."
   → She said that 
9. She said, "I don't know where my shoes are."
   → She said that 
10. He said: "I won't tell anyone."
    → He said that  

backshift and Place expressions

Imagine you want to repeat sentences that you heard two weeks ago in another place. Rewrite the sentences in reported speech. Change pronouns and expressions of time and place where necessary.

1. They said, "This is our book."
   → They said 
2. She said, "I went to the cinema yesterday."
   → She said 
3. He said, "I am writing a test tomorrow."
   → He said 
4. You said, "I will do this for him."
   → You said 
5. She said, "I am not hungry now."
   → She said 
6. They said, "We have never been here before."
   → They said 
7. They said, "We were in London last week."
   → They said 
8. He said, "I will have finished this paper by tomorrow."
   → He said 
9. He said, "They won't sleep."
   → He said 
10. She said, "It is very quiet here."
    → She said