Reported Speech

Tom said: “I shall go to see the doctor tomorrow.”

Tom said: “I shall go to see the doctor the following day.”

Tom said: “He will go to see the doctor the following day.”

They told me: “Tom had not come to school the day before.”

They told me: “Tom will not come to school tomorrow.”

They told me: “Tom did not come to school yesterday.”

He told the doctor: “I had pain in his right side.”

He told the doctor: “I have pain in my right side.”

He told the doctor: “He had pain in his right side.”

He told me: “I have fallen ill.”

He told me: “I has fallen ill.”

He told me: “He will fall ill.”

I told my sister: “She can catch a cold.”

I told my sister: “You could catch a cold.”

I told my sister: “You may catch a cold.”

Mary said: “I shall buy you a warm coat the following day.”

Mary said: “I will buy you a warm coat tomorrow.”

Mary said: “She would buy you a warm coat the following day.”

Nick asked if I needed to get up early the next day.

Nick asked what I needed to get up early tomorrow.

Nick asked did I need to get up early the next day.

Nick said that he were going to Dublin following week.

Nick said that he was going to Dublin.

Nick said that he was going to Dublin the following week.

Rachel asked who my teacher was.

Rachel asked who my teacher is.

Rachel asked who was my teacher.

Vanessa asked me what was I doing there.

Vanessa asked me what I was doing there.

Vanessa asked me what I were doing.