Grammar Tests: Reported speech

Reported speech tells someone what another person said, without using their exact words. Direct: "I like tea," she said. Reported: She said (that) she liked tea.

When the reporting verb is in the past, we usually move the verb one step back. Present simple becomes past simple: "I work here" becomes He said he worked here. Present perfect and past simple often become past perfect.

For questions, use normal statement order, not question order. "Where do you live?" becomes He asked where I lived. For commands, use to + verb: "Sit down!" becomes She told me to sit down.