mixed exercise 1 and 2

He said, "I like this song."
 → He said that he liked that song
 "Where is your sister?" she asked me.
 → She asked me where my sister was.
 "I don't speak Italian," she said.
 → She said that she didn't speak Italian
 "Say hello to Jim," they said.
 → They asked me to say hello to Jim.
 "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.
 → He said that the film had begun at seven o'clock.
 "Don't play on the grass, boys," she said.
 → She told the boys not to play on the grass.
 "Where have you spent your money?" she asked him.
 → She asked him where he had spent his money.
 "I never make mistakes," he said.
 → He said that he never made mistakes.
 "Does she know Robert?" he wanted to know.
 → He wanted to know if she knew Robert.
 "Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.
 → The stuntman advised the audience not to try that at home. mixed exercise 2
 "I was very tired," she said.
→ She said that she had been very tired.
 "Be careful, Ben," she said.
 → She told Ben to be careful.
 "I will get myself a drink," she says.
 → She says that she will get herself a drink.
 "Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me.
 → He wondered why I hadn't phoned him.
"I cannot drive them home," he said.
 → He said that he could not drive them home.
"Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says.
→ She asks Peter if he prefers tea or coffee.
 "Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me.
 → She asked me where I had spent my holidays the year before. He said,
"Don't go too far."
→ He advised her not to go too far.
 "Have you been shopping?" he asked us.
 → He wanted to know if we had been shopping.
 "Don't make so much noise," he says.
 → He asks us not to make so much noise.

explicacion de reported speech

REPORT SPEECH

	Direct speech		Indirect speech
	Present simple	›	Past simple
	She said, "It's cold."		She said it was cold.
	Present continuous	›	Past continuous
	She said, "I'm teaching English online."		She said she was teaching English online.
	Present perfect simple	›	Past perfect simple
	She said, "I've been on the web since 1999."		She said she had been on the web since 1999.
	Present perfect continuous	›	Past perfect continuous
	She said, "I've been teaching English for seven years."		She said she had been teaching English for seven years.
	Past simple	›	Past perfect
	She said, "I taught online yesterday."		She said she had taught online yesterday.
	Past continuous	›	Past perfect continuous
	She said, "I was teaching earlier."		She said she had been teaching earlier.
	Past perfect	›	Past perfect
	She said, "The lesson had already started when he arrived."		NO CHANGE - She said the lesson had already started when he arrived.
	Past perfect continuous	›	Past perfect continuous
	She said, "I'd already been teaching for five minutes."		NO CHANGE - She said she'd already been teaching for five minutes.
	Modal verb forms also sometimes change:
	Direct speech		Indirect speech
	will	›	would
	She said, "I'll teach English online tomorrow."		She said she would teach English online tomorrow.
	can	›	could
	She said, "I can teach English online."		She said she could teach English online.
	must	›	had to
	She said, "I must have a computer to teach English online."		She said she had to have a computer to teach English online.
	shall	›	should
	She said, "What shall we learn today?"		She asked what we should learn today.
	may	›	might
	She said, "May I open a new browser?"		She asked if she might open a new browser.