"Be careful with the choices you make!", Sally said.

Sally asked me to be careful with the choices I make.

Sally said I have to be careful with the choices I make.

Sally said being careful with the choices I make.

Which of these reported statements are correct? (There is more than one correct answer)

"I was running a marathon when everything happened.", Pablo said. Pablo said he had been running a marathon when everything happened.

"Tell me everything about the murder!", Tim ordered. Tim ordered me to tell him everything about the murder.

"She is going to be the winner of the competition", Peter thought. Peter thought that she was going to be the winner of the competition.

"When you arrive, I will be sunbathing at the beach.", Sally noticed. Sally noticed that when I arrived, she will be sunbathing at the beach.

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1"Be careful with the choices you make!", Sally said.
1. ASally said I have to be careful with the choices I make.
2. BSally asked me to be careful with the choices I make.
3. CSally said being careful with the choices I make.
2Can verbs like deny/recommend/suggest/report be followed by an -ing form?
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
3Which of these reported statements are correct? (There is more than one correct answer)
1. A"I was running a marathon when everything happened.", Pablo said.
  Pablo said he had been running a marathon when everything happened.
2. B"When you arrive, I will be sunbathing at the beach.", Sally noticed.
  Sally noticed that when I arrived, she will be sunbathing at the beach.
3. C"Tell me everything about the murder!", Tim ordered.
  Tim ordered me to tell him everything about the murder.
4. D"She is going to be the winner of the competition", Peter thought.
  Peter thought that she was going to be the winner of the competition.
4Has this statement from a newscast been successfully transformed into Reported Speech?
"We need support from other countries to reduce climate change", the President said.
The President said that he had needed support from other countries to reduce climate change.
1. ANo.
5Verbs like could/would/should/might/ought to/used to and mustn't don't suffer changes in reported statements.
1. ATrue
2. BFalse