https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/backshift.

htm (present to simple

past)

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-3.html (requests)

Read each person’s direct statement and turn it into reported speech.

1. John: “Mandy is at home.” He said she was at home

2. Max: “I’m watching TV.” He said he was watching tv

3. Susan: “David was ill.” David had been sick.

Was = had been

I was working Susan said she/he had been working

4. Peggy: “The girls helped in the house”

Peggy said the girls had helped in the house

5. Richard: “I can ride a skateboard”. He said he could ride…

6. Jack and James: “We will make an apology.”

They said they would make an apology.

7. Mindy: “Please tell me a joke”.

She asked me to tell her a joke.

8. Daniel: “She has given me many compliments.”

Daniel said she had given him many compliments

9. Randy: “She expressed some concern yesterday.”

Randy told me she had expressed some concern yesterday

10. Albert: “I have been telling the truth!”

11. Albert said he had been telling the truth

12. Eva and Donald: “We may go to the beach this

weekend.”

They said they might go to the beach that weekend

13. Anita: “He would be out of town on Tuesday.”

14. Mark: “I have to help my cousin tonight.”

Mark said he had to help his cousin that night

15. Donna and William: “We have planned a trip that

weekend”.

They said they had planned a trip that weekend

16. Mary: “I will make a complaint tomorrow.”
She said she would make a complaint tomorrow.