"They were waiting for the bus when it started to rain," my friend told me.
My friend told me that they had been waiting for the bus when it had started to rain.
My friend told me that they were waiting for the bus when it started to rain.
My friend told me that they had been waiting for the bus when it started to rain.
My friend told me that they had waited for the bus when it had started to rain.
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The strike leaders said to the workers, "Let's show the bosses that we are united".
The strike leaders urged the workers to show the bosses that they were united.
The strike leaders suggested showing the bosses that we are united.
The strike leaders ordered that the workers should show the bosses that they were united.
The strike leaders advised the workers to show the bosses that they are united.
✅ For rallying suggestions with 'Let's' in direct speech, you can use this pattern: subject + urged/advocated/advised + object + to + base verb. Remember to backshift tenses and change pronouns accordingly.
"Why are you crying?" he asks.
He asks why I am crying.
He asks why I was crying.
He asked why I am crying.
He asked that I was crying.
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She said, "I have finished my homework."
She said that she had finished her homework.
She said that she has finished her homework.
She said that she finished her homework.
She said that she was finishing her homework.
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The teacher announced, "These books will be required for the course."
The teacher announced that those books would be required for the course.
The teacher announced that these books would be required for the course.
The teacher announced that those books will be required for the course.
The teacher announces that those books will be required for the course.
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The teacher asked, "Have you submitted your assignment?"
The teacher asked if I had submitted my assignment.
The teacher asked had I submitted my assignment.
The teacher asked if I have submitted my assignment.
The teacher asked if I submitted my assignment.
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Arun said, "I'll finish this project by Friday."
Arun promised that he would finish the project by Friday.
Arun promised to finish the project by Friday.
Arun said that he will finish the project by Friday.
Arun assured that I would finish the project by Friday.
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Mary said to John, "Why don't you try the new Italian restaurant for dinner?"
Mary suggested that John should try the new Italian restaurant for dinner.
Mary suggested that John to try the new Italian restaurant for dinner.
Mary asked John why he didn't try the new Italian restaurant for dinner.
Mary told John to try the new Italian restaurant for dinner.
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Rahul says, "Hurrah! We have won the match!"
Rahul exclaims happily that they have won the match.
Rahul exclaims with joy that we had won the match.
Rahul says that hurrah! they have won the match.
Rahul says that hurrah! they had won the match.
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"Seven continents exist on our planet," the geography teacher told us last week.
The geography teacher told us last week that seven continents exist on our planet.
The geography teacher told us last week that seven continents existed on our planet.
The geography teacher told us last week that seven continents would exist on our planet.
The geography teacher told that seven continents exist on our planet last week.
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"You had better hurry David," she said.
She advised David to hurry.
She told David that he had better hurry.
She suggested David to hurry.
She warned that David had better hurry.
✅ For advice expressions like 'had better' in direct speech, convert to indirect speech using: subject + advised/urged/warned + object + to + base verb.
The teacher said, "Students have to complete their homework today."
The teacher said that students had to complete their homework that day.
The teacher said that students had to complete their homework today.
The teacher says that students had to complete their homework that day.
The teacher said that students have to complete their homework that day.
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He said, "I will visit you tomorrow."
He said that he would visit me the following day.
He said that he would visit me tomorrow.
He said that he would visit you the next day.
He said that he will visit me the following day.
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She said, "The guests will have arrived by now."
She said that the guests would have arrived by then.
She said that the guests will have arrived by then.
She said that the guests would have arrived by now.
She said that the guests would arrive by then.
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She said, "I live in Paris."
She said that she lived in Paris.
She said that she lives in Paris.
She said that she has lived in Paris.
She said that she would live in Paris.
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He said to me, "What shall I do for you?"
He asked what he should do for me.
He offered to do something for me.
He inquired what he shall do for me.
He asked me what should he do for me?
✅ For questions using 'What shall I' in direct speech, convert to indirect speech using this pattern: subject + asked/inquired/wondered + what + subject + should + base verb. Remember that 'shall' typically becomes 'should'.
My brother says, "When will you return from your trip?"
My brother asks when I will return from my trip.
My brother asked when I would return from my trip.
My brother asks when will I return from my trip.
My brother asks if I will return from my trip.
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She asked, "Where did you find this rare book?"
She asked where I had found that rare book.
She asked where did I find that rare book.
She asked where I had found this rare book.
She asked if I had found that rare book.
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"I write poems every day," she says.
She says that she writes poems every day.
She says that she wrote poems every day.
She said that she writes poems every day.
She said that she wrote poems every day.
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The teacher said, "Submit your assignments by tomorrow."
The teacher told them to submit their assignments by the next day.
The teacher said to submit the assignments by the next day.
The teacher told them to submit their assignments by tomorrow.
The teacher said that they should submit their assignments by the next day.
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The math teacher told the class, "Two plus two equals four."
The math teacher told the class that two plus two equals four.
The math teacher told the class that two plus two equaled four.
The math teacher tells the class that two plus two equals four.
The math teacher told the class that two plus two would equal four.
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"How beautiful the sunset is!" she exclaimed.
She exclaimed that the sunset was very beautiful.
She exclaimed how beautiful the sunset was.
She exclaimed if the sunset was beautiful.
She exclaimed that the sunset is very beautiful.
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"I will call you next week," he promised.
He promised her that he would call her the following week.
He promised her that he would call her next week.
He promised her that he will call her the following week.
He promises her that he would call her the following week.
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Mala said, "Wow! What a beautiful painting this is!"
Mala exclaimed with admiration that that was a very beautiful painting.
Mala said that what a beautiful painting that was.
Mala exclaimed what a beautiful painting that was.
Mala said, "Wow! What a beautiful painting that was!"
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She said, "Let's stop now and finish it later".
She suggested stopping then and finishing it later.
She asked to stop then and finish it later.
She proposed stopping now and finishing it later.
She said that let's stop then and finish it later.
✅ For suggestions using 'Let's' in direct speech, you can use either: subject + suggested + gerund (-ing form) OR subject + suggested that + they + should + base verb. Also remember that time expressions may change (now → then).
"May God bless you with happiness," the old man said.
The old man blessed that God might bless me with happiness.
The old man said that God may bless me with happiness.
The old man wished that God may bless me with happiness.
The old man blessed God might bless me with happiness.
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The teacher said to the students, "Please submit your assignments by Friday."
The teacher requested the students to submit their assignments by Friday.
The teacher told the students that please submit your assignments by Friday.
The teacher asked the students to submit your assignments by Friday.
The teacher asked the students to submit their assignments by Friday.
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The guide pointed and said, "The ancient temple was built here three centuries ago."
The guide pointed and said that the ancient temple had been built there three centuries before.
The guide pointed and said that the ancient temple was built there three centuries ago.
The guide pointed and said that the ancient temple had been built here three centuries before.
The guide points and says that the ancient temple was built there three centuries ago.
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"Put on your coat," I said to him.
I advised him to put on his coat.
I told him to put on your coat.
I requested to him put on his coat.
I am saying to him "put on your coat."
✅ When changing a command from direct to indirect speech, follow this pattern: subject + advised/told/ordered + object + to + base verb. Remember to change pronouns according to the new perspective.
"Where did you go last weekend?" my mother asks.
My mother asks where I went last weekend.
My mother asks where I had gone last weekend.
My mother asked where I went last weekend.
My mother asked where I had gone the previous weekend.
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The professor announced, "They may have completed the experiment already."
The professor announced that they might have completed the experiment already.
The professor announced that they may have completed the experiment already.
The professor announced that they might complete the experiment already.
The professor announced they may have completed the experiment already.
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My grandmother often says, "Honesty is the best policy."
the tense in the reported clause remains unchanged. The structure is: reporting verb + that + same tense statement.">My grandmother often says that honesty is the best policy.
My grandmother often said that honesty is the best policy.
My grandmother often says that honesty was the best policy.
My grandmother often says that honesty would be the best policy.
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She said, "Alas! I have lost my favorite necklace!"
She exclaimed with sorrow that she had lost her favorite necklace.
She expressed her sorrow that she has lost her favorite necklace.
She said with sorrow that she had lost her favorite necklace!
She said that alas! she had lost her favorite necklace.
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Teacher said, "The Earth revolves around the Sun."
Teacher said that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Teacher said that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
Teacher said that the Earth would revolve around the Sun.
Teacher had told that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
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The teacher said to the students, "Please submit your assignments by Friday."
The teacher requested the students to submit their assignments by Friday.
The teacher asked that the students submit your assignments by Friday.
The teacher said the students to submit their assignments by Friday.
The teacher asked the students for submitting their assignments by Friday.
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The doctor said, "You have to take this medicine three times a day."
The doctor said that I had to take that medicine three times a day.
The doctor said that I have to take this medicine three times a day.
The doctor said that you had to take that medicine three times a day.
The doctor told me to take that medicine three times a day.
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"The day before yesterday I visited the museum," she remarked.
She remarked that she had visited the museum two days before.
She remarked that she had visited the museum the day before yesterday.
She remarked that she visited the museum two days before.
She remarks that she had visited the museum two days before.
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The manager announced, "Everyone has to attend the meeting tomorrow."
The manager announced that everyone had to attend the meeting the following day.
The manager announced that everyone had to attend the meeting tomorrow.
The manager announced that everyone has to attend the meeting the following day.
The manager announces that everyone had to attend the meeting that day.
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John said to Mary, "Could you please lend me your dictionary?"
John asked Mary to lend him her dictionary.
John asked Mary if she could please lend him her dictionary.
John said Mary could lend him her dictionary.
John requested Mary to please lend me your dictionary.
✅ For polite requests in indirect speech, we follow the pattern: subject + asked/requested + object + to + base verb. Pronouns shift based on the new perspective.
"The train arrived late," the passenger told me.
The passenger told me that the train had arrived late.
The passenger told me that the train arrived late.
The passenger told me that the train was arriving late.
The passenger told me that the train has arrived late.
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"I can solve this problem," the student told the teacher.
The student told the teacher that he could solve that problem.
The student told the teacher that he can solve this problem.
The student told the teacher that he could solve this problem.
The student told the teacher that he can solve that problem.
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The teacher said to her students, "Please submit your assignments on time."
The teacher requested her students to submit their assignments on time.
The teacher told her students that please submit your assignments on time.
The teacher asked her students to please submit your assignments on time.
The teacher requested her students "to submit your assignments on time."
✅ The correct answer uses the structure for converting requests to indirect speech: subject + requested/asked/urged + object + to + base verb.
Ravi said, "We might be able to finish the project by tomorrow."
Ravi hoped that they would be able to finish the project by the next day.
Ravi hoped to be able to finish the project by the next day.
Ravi said that they might be able to finish the project by the next day.
Ravi expressed hope that we might be able to finish the project by the next day.
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"We are solving these problems now," the students told the teacher.
The students told the teacher that they were solving those problems then.
The students told the teacher that they were solving those problems now.
The students told the teacher that they are solving those problems then.
The students tell the teacher that they were solving these problems then.
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The tourist asked, "Are you waiting for the bus?"
The tourist asked if I was waiting for the bus.
The tourist asked was I waiting for the bus.
The tourist asked if I am waiting for the bus.
The tourist asked that I had been waiting for the bus.
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Our science professor explained, "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level."
Our science professor explained that water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level.
Our science professor explained that water boiled at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level.
Our science professor explains that water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level.
Our science professor explained that water would boil at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level.
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The teacher said, "The Earth revolves around the Sun."
The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
The teacher said that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
The teacher says that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
The teacher says that the Earth would revolve around the Sun.
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"Shall I help you with your luggage?" he said to the elderly woman.
He offered to help the elderly woman with her luggage.
He asked the elderly woman if he should help her with her luggage.
He proposed that he would help the elderly woman with her luggage.
He suggested helping the elderly woman with her luggage.
✅ For offers using 'Shall I' in direct speech, convert to indirect speech using this pattern: subject + offered + to + base verb + object.
"We plan to launch our product next month," the CEO announced.
The CEO announced that they planned to launch their product the following month.
The CEO announced that they planned to launch their product next month.
The CEO announced that they plan to launch their product the following month.
The CEO announces that they planned to launch their product the following month.
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John shouted, "What a beautiful sunset it is!"
John exclaimed with appreciation that it was a beautiful sunset.
John exclaimed that what a beautiful sunset it was.
John remarked with amazement how beautiful the sunset was.
John exclaimed with delight that it is a beautiful sunset.
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Neha said, "Oh dear! I have lost my wallet!"
Neha exclaimed in distress that she had lost her wallet.
Neha said that oh dear! she had lost her wallet.
Neha exclaimed with worry that I had lost my wallet.
Neha expressed distress that she has lost her wallet.
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The doctor said to the patient, "You should take this medicine twice a day."
The doctor advised the patient to take the medicine twice a day.
The doctor advised that the patient should take the medicine twice a day.
The doctor told the patient that he should take the medicine twice a day.
The doctor suggested taking the medicine twice a day to the patient.
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Sita said, "I hope to complete my degree by next year."
Sita hoped that she would complete her degree by the following year.
Sita hoped to complete her degree by the following year.
Sita expressed hope to complete my degree by the next year.
Sita said that she hopes she will complete her degree by the next year.
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She says, "You ought to love your parents."
She advises me to love my parents.
She advised me to love my parents.
She says that I ought to love your parents.
She says that I ought to love my parents.
✅ When the reporting verb is in present tense, use the pattern: subject + advises/suggests + object + to + base verb. No backshifting of tenses is needed with present tense reporting verbs.
The tourist asked, "Can you tell me how to get to this museum?"
The tourist asked if I could tell him how to get to that museum.
The tourist asked if I could tell him how to get to this museum.
The tourist asks if I could tell him how to get to this museum.
The tourist asked could I tell him how to get to this museum.
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He ordered, "Let the guards be armed".
He ordered that the guards should be armed.
He ordered the guards to be armed.
He suggested that the guards should be armed.
He ordered to let the guards be armed.
✅ For commands using 'Let' for third parties in direct speech, use this pattern: subject + ordered/commanded/directed + that + subject + should + base verb.
"Farewell, my dear students," the professor said to the graduating class.
The professor bade farewell to the graduating class.
The professor said to the graduating class that farewell.
The professor bade that farewell to the graduating class.
The professor wished the graduating class farewell.
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He said, "Let's leave the container at the station".
He suggested leaving the container at the station.
He proposed to leave the container at the station.
He said that let's leave the container at the station.
He ordered them to leave the container at the station.
✅ For offers or suggestions using 'Let's' in direct speech, use this pattern in indirect speech: subject + suggested/proposed + gerund (-ing form).
She said, "Drop the gun or I'll call the police!"
She said that drop the gun or she would call the police.
She ordered me to drop the gun or she would call the police.
She threatened that if I didn't drop the gun, I would call the police.
She threatened that she would call the police if I didn't drop the gun.
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"May you fail miserably," his rival said to him before the competition.
His rival cursed him that he might fail miserably before the competition.
His rival wished him that he might fail miserably before the competition.
His rival said to him that he might fail miserably before the competition.
His rival cursed him that he may fail miserably before the competition.
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She said, "I was working on my project all night."
She said that she had been working on her project all night.
She said that she was working on her project all night.
She said that she had worked on her project all night.
She said that she has been working on her project all night.
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She said, "I am studying French."
She said that she was studying French.
She said that she is studying French.
She said that she had been studying French.
She said that she studied French.
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She said, "I was studying when he called me yesterday."
She said that she had been studying when he had called her the previous day.
She said that she was studying when he had called her the previous day.
She said that she had been studying when he had called her yesterday.
She said that I had been studying when he had called her the previous day.
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Priya said, "I will apply for the scholarship next month."
Priya intended that she would apply for the scholarship the following month.
Priya said that she will apply for the scholarship the following month.
Priya intended to apply for the scholarship next month.
Priya planned to apply for the scholarship the following month.
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"I will travel hence to London," she announced.
She announced that she would travel thence to London.
She announced that she would travel hence to London.
She announces that she will travel thence to London.
She announced that she will travel thence to London.
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"They have lived in Paris for ten years," he told me.
He told me that they had lived in Paris for ten years.
He told me that they have lived in Paris for ten years.
He told me that they lived in Paris for ten years.
He told me that they had been living in Paris for ten years.
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"May God bless you with prosperity," the priest said to the couple.
The priest blessed the couple that God might bless them with prosperity.
The priest said to the couple that God might bless them with prosperity.
The priest blessed the couple that God may bless them with prosperity.
The priest blessed the couple God might bless them with prosperity.
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"The day before yesterday I visited the museum," she remarked.
She remarked that she had visited the museum two days before.
She remarked that she had visited the museum the day before yesterday.
She remarked that she visited the museum two days before.
She remarks that she had visited the museum two days before.
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She said, "I will visit Paris next year."
She said that she would visit Paris the following year.
She said that she will visit Paris next year.
She said that she would visit Paris next year.
She said that she will visit Paris the following year.
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"I submitted my assignment yesterday," John told his professor.
John told his professor that he had submitted his assignment the previous day.
John told his professor that he had submitted his assignment yesterday.
John told his professor that he submitted his assignment the previous day.
John tells his professor that he had submitted his assignment the previous day.
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The teacher says, "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius."
The teacher said that water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
The teacher said that water boiled at 100 degrees Celsius.
The teacher said that water would boil at 100 degrees Celsius.
The teacher said that water had boiled at 100 degrees Celsius.
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John asked, "Do you play the piano?"
John asked if I played the piano.
John asked did I play the piano.
John asked if I play the piano.
John asked that I played the piano.
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They said to the teacher, "Let us come in, sir".
They requested the teacher to let them go in.
They requested to the teacher to let them come in.
They suggested to the teacher that they should come in.
They asked the teacher that they come in.
✅ For requests using 'Let us' (asking for permission) in direct speech, use this pattern: subject + requested/asked + object + to let + pronoun + base verb. Remember that 'come' may change to 'go' depending on perspective.
Mother says, "Don't play with fire."
Mother tells us not to play with fire.
Mother told us not to play with fire.
Mother says that we should not play with fire.
Mother said to us not to play with fire.
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"Would you like me to drive you home?" she said to her friend.
She offered to drive her friend home.
She asked her friend if she would like her to drive her home.
She suggested driving her friend home.
She requested her friend to drive her home.
✅ For polite offers using 'Would you like me to' in direct speech, use this pattern in indirect speech: subject + offered + to + base verb + object.
"I have to attend the meeting tomorrow," she explained.
She explained that she had to attend the meeting the following day.
She explained that she have to attend the meeting tomorrow.
She explained that she have to attend the meeting the following day.
She explained that she had to attend the meeting tomorrow.
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"Don't touch that wire," the electrician warned.
The electrician warned us not to touch that wire.
The electrician warned us don't touch that wire.
The electrician told us to not touch that wire.
The electrician said not to touch this wire.
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"May you achieve all your dreams," my mentor says to me.
My mentor wishes me that I may achieve all my dreams.
My mentor wished me that I might achieve all my dreams.
My mentor wishes me that may achieve all my dreams.
My mentor tells me that I may achieve all my dreams.
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The instructor said, "Don't touch that equipment without supervision."
The instructor said that don't touch that equipment without supervision.
The instructor warned everyone against touching the equipment without supervision.
The instructor forbade us to touch the equipment without supervision.
The instructor advised that don't touch that equipment without supervision.
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"I will call you next week," he promised.
He promised her that he would call her the following week.
He promised her that he would call her next week.
He promised her that he will call her the following week.
He promises her that he would call her the following week.
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"Don't touch that wire," the electrician says to the boy.
The electrician warns the boy not to touch that wire.
The electrician forbade the boy to touch that wire.
The electrician tells the boy to avoid touching that wire.
The electrician instructs the boy don't touch the wire.
✅ For negative commands with present tense reporting verbs, use: subject + warns/forbids/tells + object + not to + base verb.
The teacher said, "Students have to submit their assignments by Friday."
The teacher said that students had to submit their assignments by Friday.
The teacher said that students have to submit their assignments by Friday.
The teacher said that students must submit their assignments by Friday.
The teacher said that students would have to submit their assignments by Friday.
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The teacher said, "Hurrah! We won the competition!"
The teacher exclaimed with joy that they had won the competition.
The teacher exclaimed with joy that they won the competition.
The teacher shouted happily they had won the competition!
The teacher said that Hurrah! they had won the competition.
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"I will complete this assignment tomorrow," she said.
She said that she would complete that assignment the following day.
She said that she would complete that assignment tomorrow.
She said that she will complete that assignment the following day.
She says that she would complete that assignment tomorrow.
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Jack said to his friend, "Would you mind lending me your calculator for the exam?"
Jack asked his friend if he would mind lending him his calculator for the exam.
Jack asked his friend to lend him his calculator for the exam.
Jack requested that his friend should lend him his calculator for the exam.
Jack inquired whether his friend would lend him his calculator for the exam.
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"I submitted my assignment yesterday," John told his professor.
John told his professor that he had submitted his assignment the previous day.
John told his professor that he had submitted his assignment yesterday.
John told his professor that he submitted his assignment the previous day.
John tells his professor that he had submitted his assignment the previous day.
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"Thus I prove my theorem," the mathematician declared.
The mathematician declared that he so proved his theorem.
The mathematician declared that he thus proved his theorem.
The mathematician declares that he thus proves my theorem.
The mathematician declared that he so proves his theorem.
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"Why were you looking at my phone?" my brother asks.
My brother asks why I was looking at his phone.
My brother asks why I had been looking at his phone.
My brother asked why I was looking at his phone.
My brother asked why I had been looking at my brother's phone.
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The doctor said, "Take this medicine twice daily or your condition will worsen."
The doctor warned me to take the medicine twice daily or my condition would worsen.
The doctor said that take this medicine twice daily or your condition would worsen.
The doctor advised that I should take the medicine twice daily or my condition would worsen.
The doctor warned me to take the medicine twice daily or my condition will worsen.
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"How have you solved this problem?" my friend asks.
My friend asks how I have solved this problem.
My friend asks how I had solved this problem.
My friend asked how I have solved this problem.
My friend asked how I had solved that problem.
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The manager says, "We need to complete this project today."
The manager says that they need to complete that project that day.
The manager says that they need to complete this project today.
The manager says that they needed to complete that project that day.
The manager said that they needed to complete that project that day.
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The geography teacher stated, "The Nile is the longest river in Africa."
The geography teacher stated that the Nile is the longest river in Africa.
The geography teacher stated that the Nile was the longest river in Africa.
The geography teacher states that the Nile is the longest river in Africa.
The geography teacher states that the Nile was the longest river in Africa.
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"Please help me with this problem," the student said to the teacher.
The student asked the teacher to help him with that problem.
The student said that the teacher should help him with that problem.
The student requested that the teacher helped him with that problem.
The student asks the teacher to help him with that problem.
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"I work at a multinational company," she said.
She told them that she worked at a multinational company.
She said to them that she worked at a multinational company.
She told them she works at a multinational company.
She says that she worked at a multinational company.
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"Oh! How foolish I have been!" exclaimed Maria.
Maria exclaimed with regret that she had been very foolish.
Maria exclaimed with regret that oh! how foolish she had been.
Maria confessed that how foolish she has been.
Maria exclaimed with regret that she had been foolish.
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The teacher asked, "Did you finish your assignment?"
The teacher asked if I had finished my assignment.
The teacher asked if I did finish my assignment.
The teacher asked if I finished my assignment.
The teacher asked that I had finished my assignment.
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The manager says, "We intend to expand our business to Asia next year."
The manager says that they intend to expand their business to Asia next year.
The manager says that they intended to expand their business to Asia next year.
The manager announces that we intend to expand our business to Asia next year.
The manager states that they intend to expand their business to Asia next year.
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"Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius," the chemistry professor explained.
The chemistry professor explained that water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
The chemistry professor explained that water boiled at 100 degrees Celsius.
The chemistry professor explained water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
The chemistry professor had explained that water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
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"Let me carry those heavy bags for you," the porter said to the tourist.
The porter offered to carry the heavy bags for the tourist.
The porter requested to carry the heavy bags for the tourist.
The porter volunteered that he would carry the heavy bags for the tourist.
The porter said to the tourist to let him carry those heavy bags.
✅ For offers using 'Let me' in direct speech, convert to indirect speech using this pattern: subject + offered + to + base verb + object.
"The guests has to wait in the lobby," the receptionist informed us.
The receptionist informed us that the guests had to wait in the lobby.
The receptionist informed us that the guests has to wait in the lobby.
The receptionist informed us that the guests would have to wait in the lobby.
The receptionist informed us that the guests needed to wait in the lobby.
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"Let's go for a walk," she said to her friend.
She suggested going for a walk to her friend.
She said to her friend that let's go for a walk.
She told her friend to let's go for a walk.
She suggested that they should go for a walk.
✅ For suggestions using 'let's' in direct speech, the pattern in indirect speech is often: subject + suggested/proposed + gerund (-ing form).
He said, "I'll never speak to you again if you do this!"
He threatened that he would never speak to me again if I did that.
He threatened never to speak to me again if I did that.
He warned that I would never speak to you again if you did this.
He threatened that he would never speak to me again if I do this.
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She said, "I completed the project yesterday."
She said that she had completed the project the day before.
She said that she completed the project yesterday.
She said that she had completed the project yesterday.
She said that she completed the project the day before.
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The manager said to his team, "Let's finish this project before the deadline."
The manager suggested finishing the project before the deadline.
The manager suggested to finish the project before the deadline.
The manager suggested that they should finish the project before the deadline.
The manager proposed that he should finish the project before the deadline.
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"The team can have won the championship by only two points," the commentator remarked.
The commentator remarked that the team could have won the championship by only two points.
The commentator remarked that the team can have won the championship by only two points.
The commentator remarked that the team could win the championship by only two points.
The commentator remarked that the team must have won the championship.
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The teacher asked, "Were you studying when I called?"
The teacher asked if I had been studying when she had called.
The teacher asked was I studying when she called.
The teacher asked if I was studying when she called.
The teacher asked if I had been studying when she called.
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"Shall we go for a walk?" my friend asks.
My friend asks if we shall go for a walk.
My friend asks if we should go for a walk.
My friend asked if we shall go for a walk.
My friend asked if we should go for a walk.
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The teacher asked, "Have you completed your homework?"
The teacher asked if we had completed our homework.
The teacher asked we have completed our homework.
The teacher asked if we have completed our homework.
The teacher asked if you had completed your homework.
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Mother said to her son, "Would you mind closing the window?"
Mother asked her son if he would mind closing the window.
Mother requested her son to close the window.
Mother ordered her son to close the window.
Mother asked her son to close the window.
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She asked, "Are you coming to the party tonight?"
She asked if I was coming to the party that night.
She asked that I was coming to the party that night.
She asked if was I coming to the party that night.
She asked whether I was coming to the party tonight.
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"I have completed the assignment," John said.
John said that he had completed the assignment.
John said that he has completed the assignment.
John told that he had completed the assignment.
John says that he had completed the assignment.
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"We plan to launch our product next month," the CEO announced.
The CEO announced that they planned to launch their product the following month.
The CEO announced that they planned to launch their product next month.
The CEO announced that they plan to launch their product the following month.
The CEO announces that they planned to launch their product the following month.
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The doctor said, "You should take complete rest for a week."
The doctor advised the patient to take complete rest for a week.
The doctor said that the patient should take complete rest for a week.
The doctor suggested that the patient should to take complete rest for a week.
The doctor told to take complete rest for a week.
✅ For advice in indirect speech, we use the pattern: subject + advised/suggested/recommended + object + to + base verb.
The doctor asked, "May I check your blood pressure?"
The doctor asked if he might check my blood pressure.
The doctor asked might he check my blood pressure.
The doctor asked if he may check my blood pressure.
The doctor asked to check my blood pressure.
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"The children are playing in the garden," their mother told me.
Their mother told me that the children were playing in the garden.
Their mother told me that the children are playing in the garden.
Their mother told me that the children had been playing in the garden.
Their mother told me that the children would be playing in the garden.
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"Could you please lend me your notes?" Mary said to her classmate.
Mary asked her classmate to lend her his notes.
Mary asked her classmate if he could lend her his notes.
Mary asked her classmate to lend me your notes.
Mary requests her classmate to lend her his notes.
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The teacher said to the students, "Bravo! You have completed the project excellently!"
The teacher applauded the students for having completed the project excellently.
The teacher applauded the students that they have completed the project excellently.
The teacher told the students bravo that they had completed the project excellently.
The teacher praised that you had completed the project excellently.
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The detective said, "They shall have discovered new evidence by tomorrow."
The detective said that they should have discovered new evidence by the following day.
The detective said that they should have discovered new evidence by tomorrow.
The detective said that they should discover new evidence by the following day.
The detective said that they will have discovered new evidence by the next day.
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Our coach told us, "You have to practice for three hours every day."
Our coach told us that we had to practice for three hours every day.
Our coach told us that you had to practice for three hours every day.
Our coach told us that we have to practice for three hours every day.
Our coach tells us that you have to practice for three hours every day.
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