Check your grammar: Reported speech.
Rewrite the following statements in the reported
speech.
1. "Hackers attacked our school computers and stole important data" - the
student said.
2. "My computer isn't functioning well" - Jamil said.
3. "The speed of the Internet will be better tomorrow" - said the technician
4. "Nasim has been playing computer games since 10 in the morning"
her mother said.
5. "Stop downloading those films! It's illegal" - his brother told him.
6. "Nodira is surfing the Net at the moment" - the teacher said.
7. "My mother never watches reality shows" Sarvinoz said.
8. "Cyber bullying is increasing all over the world" our teacher said.
Explanation: This sentence is changed to reported speech by using the reporting verb "said" followed by "that". The verb "attacked" is changed to past simple "had attacked" and "stole" is changed to past simple "had stolen" to reflect that the action happened in the past.
2. Jamil said that his computer wasn't functioning well.
Explanation: Here, the reporting verb "said" is used followed by "that". The verb "isn't" is changed to "wasn't" to reflect the past tense.
3. The technician said that the speed of the Internet would be better tomorrow.
Explanation: The reporting verb "said" is used followed by "that". The verb "will" is changed to "would" to reflect the reported speech in past tense.
4. Nasim's mother said that Nasim had been playing computer games since 10 in the morning.
Explanation: The sentence is changed to reported speech by using the reporting verb "said" followed by "that". The verb "has been playing" is changed to "had been playing" to reflect the past continuous tense.
5. His brother told him to stop downloading those films as it was illegal.
Explanation: The reporting verb "told" is used followed by the infinitive form "to stop". The pronoun "it's" is changed to "it was" to reflect the past tense.
6. The teacher said that Nodira was surfing the Net at that moment.
Explanation: The reporting verb "said" is used followed by "that". The verb "is surfing" is changed to "was surfing" to reflect the past tense.
7. Sarvinoz said that her mother never watches reality shows.
Explanation: The reporting verb "said" is used followed by "that". The verb "watches" is changed to "watched" to reflect the past tense.
8. Our teacher said that cyber bullying is increasing all over the world.
Explanation: The reporting verb "said" is used followed by "that". The sentence remains unchanged as the reported speech is a general statement.