REPORTING
SPEECH
What are
you drinking ? |
He wants
to know what you are drinking |
Does your
sister do the waltz? |
… if your
sister does the waltz |
How many
pets have you got? |
… how
many pets you have got |
What time
does your mother get up? |
… what
time your mother gets up |
Must you
go now? |
… if you
must go now |
Open the
door ! |
…. To
open the door |
Don’t
write anything! |
… not to write
anything |
What time
will you come over? |
… what
time you will be over |
Have you
been to the States yet? |
… if you
have been to the States yet |
Can you
speak Latin? |
… if you
can speak Latin |
When I am
18, I will take my driving test |
He siad
that when he was 18 …, he would take |
I don’t
know what to do |
…. He didn’t know what to do |
It’s
going to rain |
… it was
going to rain |
I can’t
speak Russian |
… he
couldn’t speak Russian |
He’s
afraid that she may cancel the date |
… he was
afraid she might cancel the date |
He’s been
talking for hours |
.. he had
been talking for hours |
I was
sleeping when I felt the first tremor |
… he had
been sleeping when he had felt .. |
By the
end of December, I will have finished |
.. he
would have finished |
I have to
go |
.. he had
to go |
I must go
|
.. he
must go |