W1 - Reported speech - Statements

  1. ‘I’ve conducted a number of tests,’ Dr Grey said.

Dr Grey said he had conducted a number of tests.        

  1. ‘I must put you on a very strict diet,’ she told me.

She told me that she had to put me on a very strict diet.

  1. ‘You’re putting on a lot of weight,’ she said.

She said I was putting on a lot of weight.

  1. ‘You have gained 5.5 kilos in six months,' she added.

She added that I had gained 5.5 kilos in six months.

  1. ‘You gained 10 kilos last year,’ she reminded me.

She reminded me that I had gained 10 kilos the previous year.

  1. ‘You will get very fat if you go on like this,’ she told me.

She told me I would get very fat if I went on like that.

  1. ‘You should eat very little,’ she said.

She said I should eat very little.

  1. ‘So I’ll have to live on nuts and water,’ I said nervously.

I said nervously I would have to live on nuts and water.

  1. ‘You can live on nuts and water without the nuts,' she said.

She said I could live on nuts and water without the nuts.         

  1. The weather man said, ‘It’s going to rain.

The weather man said it was going to rain.

  1. The motorists said, ‘We’re driving to a football match.’

The motorists said they were driving to a football match

  1. ‘I’ve won the lottery!’ the old lady said.

The old lady said she had won the lottery.

  1. ‘My friends don’t like visiting museums,’ Louise said.

Louise said her friends didn’t like visiting museums.

  1. The young boy said, ‘People will have holidays in space in the future.’

The young boy said people would have holidays in space in the future.

  1. James said, ‘I broke my leg playing football.’

James said he had broken his leg playing football.