Master Reported Speech with Practical Examples

Reported Speech Transformation Examples

Reported speech, also known as indirect speech, is used to communicate what someone else said without using their exact words. Below are several examples of how to transform direct speech into reported speech using various reporting verbs.

1. "No, I didn't break the window," Billy said.
   Billy denied breaking the window.
2. "I'm sorry I shouted at you," Mary told Peter.
   Mary apologised to Peter for shouting at him.
3. "It only works if you press the green button," he explained.
   He explained that it only worked if I pressed the green button.
4. "Let's go to the cinema this afternoon," Paul said.
   Paul suggested going to the cinema that afternoon.
5. "It's true. I took the bicycle," Saul said.
   Saul admitted taking the bicycle.
6. "No, I won't marry you, John," Mary said.
   Mary refused to marry John.
7. "You should relax more and do some exercise," the doctor said.
   The doctor advised me to relax.
8. "If I were you, I would tell them the truth," my brother told me.
   My brother advised me to tell them the truth.
9. "Why are you watching television?" my father told me.
   My father asked me why I was watching TV.
10. "Would you like me to show you how to use this computer?" she said to me.
    She offered to show me how to use that computer.
11. "I'll phone you as soon as I arrive," Ted said to his father.
    Ted promised to phone his father as soon as he arrived.
12. "Why don't we have dinner out tonight?" mother said.
    Mother suggested having dinner out that night.
13. "Did you find the pen you were looking for?" Peter said.
    Peter asked me if I had found the pen I was looking for.
14. "Shall I carry your suitcase, Tracy?" Paul said.
    Paul offered to carry her suitcase.
15. "Would you like a cup of tea?" Peter told me.
    Peter offered me a cup of tea.
16. "No, I won't get out of bed!" I told my mother.
    I refused to get out of bed.
17. "You should try to find another job," he said to me.
    He recommended that I find another job.
18. "Yes, it was a very boring lecture," she said.
    She agreed that it had been a very boring lecture.
19. "I'll never forget our anniversary again," she said.
    She promised that she would never forget their anniversary again.
20. "That's how I managed to escape," he said to me.
    He explained to me how he had managed to escape.
21. "Please, please don't give us any homework," they said to the teacher.
    They begged the teacher not to give them any homework.
22. "I'm sorry, I lost the book that you lent me," he said.
    He apologised for losing the book that I had lent him.
23. "Don't go too near the edge of the cliff," they said to us.
    They forbade us to go too near the edge of the cliff.
24. "No, I won't tell you where I was last night," she said to him.
    She refused to tell him where she had been the previous night.