Reported speech

WHEN?
WE USE REPORTED SPEECH TO TELL ANOTHER PERSON WHAT THEY SAID

WE USUALLY CHANGE THE TENSE OF THE WORDS FROM DIRECT SPEECH .
DIRECT SPEECH
I like reading
I am flying to New York next week.
I will find your wallet.
I can make you laugh.
I was at the stadium yesterday.
REPORTED SPEECH
He said he liked reading
He said he was flying to New York next week
He said he would find my wallet.
She said she could make us laugh.
She said she had been at the stadium the other day.

I have been to Italy.
We may be late.
I must buy a her dress.
He said he had been to Italy.
They said they might be late.
She said
She said she had to buy a new dress.

SAY TO SOMEBODY TELL SOMEBODY
I said to her, that I might be late.
I TOLD HER THAT I might be late.

REPORTED QUESTIONS

WE USE INDIRECT QUESTIONS TO REPORT ABOUT WHAT SOMEONE ASKED.

Will you come to our party?
When does the party start?
She asked if /whether I would come to their party.
She asked when the party started.

ADVERBS OF TIME AND PLACE ALSO CHANGE IN THE REPORTED SPEECH
Tomorrow
Yesterday
Here
This afternoon
The next day
The other day
There
That afternoon

REPORTED COMMANDS

WE USE INDIRECT COMMANDS WITH OBJECT/SUBJECT+ TO + INFINITIVE