Direct/reported speech

He said, "I am reading."

He said that he was reading.

She told me that she had been waiting for an hour.

She said to me, "I have been waiting for an hour."

The teacher said, "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius."

The teacher said that water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.

John said that he would go to the market.

John said, "I will go to the market."

"Did you finish the homework?" she asked him.

She asked him if he had finished the homework.

The captain commanded his men to stand at ease.

The captain said to his men, "Stand at ease."

They said, "We won the match!"

They exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.

He asked me where I was going.

He said to me, "Where are you going?"

"Let us organize a charity drive," said the mayor.

The mayor proposed that they should organize a charity drive.

She says that she likes ice cream.

She says, "I like ice cream."

"Please, don't tell anyone my secret," he begged me.

He begged me not to tell anyone his secret.

The old man prayed that God might bless me.

The old man said to me, "May God bless you."

"I will call you tomorrow," she said.

She said that she would call me the next day.

He warned us not to touch the hot stove.

He said to us, "Do not touch the hot stove."

"If I had wings, I would fly," the child said.

The child said that if he had wings, he would fly.

Mary asked if I was okay.

Mary said, "Are you okay?"

"I was sleeping when the phone rang," he explained.

He explained that he had been sleeping when the phone had rung.

The manager inquired why the report had been delayed by a week.

The manager said, "Why was the report delayed by a week?"

He said, "I can swim."

He said that he could swim.

She admitted that she had made a mistake.

She said, "I made a mistake."

"You are coming to the party, aren't you?" he asked.

He asked whether I was coming to the party.

They said that they were busy.

They said, "We are busy."

"Bring me a glass of water," he ordered the servant.

He ordered the servant to bring him a glass of water.

He confessed with regret that he had ruined his own chances.

He said, "Alas! I have ruined my own chances."

"I bought a new car," he said.

He said that he had bought a new car.

The doctor advised the patient to quit smoking.

The doctor said to the patient, "Quit smoking."

"What a beautiful sunset!" she remarked.

She exclaimed with admiration that it was a very beautiful sunset.

He said that it might rain.

He said, "It may rain."

"Look at this mess!" she shouted.

She exclaimed with annoyance and told me to look at that mess.

She respectfully replied in the affirmative.

She said, "Yes, sir."

"I must go now," she said.

She said that she had to go then.

He reminded me to lock the door.

He said to me, "Remember to lock the door."

The priest said, "Man is mortal."

The priest said that man is mortal.

She asked me what my name was.

She said to me, "What is your name?"

"Don't make noise," the librarian told the students.

The librarian forbade the students to make noise.

The host suggested that we should drop the matter.

The host said, "Let us drop the matter."

"I have completed my task," said the boy.

The boy said that he had completed his task.

She complained that the soup was too cold.

She said, "The soup is too cold."

"Would you mind opening the window?" she asked him.

She politely asked him to open the window.

He says that he is a pilot.

He says, "I am a pilot."

"I didn't steal the money!" the suspect cried.

The suspect vehemently denied stealing the money.

He wished that he were a king.

He said, "If only I were a king!"

"She will arrive late," he stated.

He stated that she would arrive late.

The boy denied having broken the vase.

The boy said, "I did not break the vase."

"Let me go!" the prisoner shouted at the guard.

The prisoner shouted at the guard to let him go.

She told me that she loved dogs.

She said to me, "I love dogs."

"Are you free tonight?" he asked.

He asked if I was free that night.

The speaker addressed the crowd as his friends and urged them to listen.

The speaker said to the crowd, "My friends, listen to me."

"I am tired," said the worker.

The worker said that he was tired.

She exclaimed with sorrow that she was undone.

She said, "Alas! I am undone."