Reported Speech

Reported Speech : Sentences
I want to tell someone what another person said.
Say (that)
Tell + Object (that)
She told me that they couldn’t come to my party.
She said she met him at 2013.
I told him I love reading biography (still in the future or something general).
Change:
Tomorrow – the next day
Next week – the following week
Last week – the week before

She said she still wanted to be in the programme.
She said that she was having another operation on Friday.
She told me she had already had one operation.
She said that she had been in a car accident.
I told him I was going to start working soon.
She said she wouldn’t be able to walk on it for a month.
I told her that she had to talk to you. (must = have to).

Reported Speech : Questions
I want to tell someone what another person asked me.
He asked if I had any acting work.
He asked if I had any recruiting (singing, driving, dancing) work.
First, he asked me if I was working at the moment. (Are you working at the moment?)
He asked (me) whether I was available to start next week. (Are you available to start next week?)
He asked me what other parts I had had recently. (What other parts have you had recently?)
He asked me where I had studied acting.
He asked me if/whether I was working.
I asked he where her husband was.

How many jobs have you applied for?
They asked me how many jobs I had applied for
Are you living in Jogja at the moment?
They asked me if I was living in Jogja at the moment.
What will you do if you don’t get this job?
They asked me what I would do if I didn’t get this job.
Did you look after children in Jakarta?
They wanted to know if I had looked after children in Jakarta.
What was your last job.
They asked me what my last job was.
Have you ever looked after twins before?
They wanted to know if I had ever looked after twins before.
Does anyone in your family live in Aussie?
They wanted to know if my anyone in my family lived in Aussie.
How many people do you know in this company?
They wanted to know how many people I knew in this company.
Will you email us your referee’s phone number?
They asked me if I would email them my referee’s phone number
How long are you planning to stay in Aussie ?
They wanted to know how long I was planning to stay in Aussie.

Reported speech : Requests and Imperatives
 He asked me to come to a meeting on Monday.
He told me to be at his office at ten.
He told me not to accept any more work.

Don’t chew gum.
Hel told me not to
Use plenty of vocabulary.
Hel told me not to
Don’t get nervous.
Hel told me not to
Speak clearly.
Hel told me not to
Listen to the questions carefully.
Hel told me not to

Don’t be late.
Hel told me not to
Could you check the time of my exam?
Hel told me not to
Can you tell me the questions later?
Hel told me not to if I could