Reporting Statements, orders & questions

STATEMENTS:

“ I don’t feel well, so I have taken an aspirin and I’ll go straight to bed!”- John said.

John told me he didn’t feel well, so he had taken an aspirin and he would go straight to bed!

  

COMMANDS:

“Shut up, please! And don’t copy the graph”, the teacher said.

The teacher told the students TO SHUT up and NOT TO COPY the graph.

QUESTIONS:

Yes/No questions:

“Do you like eating pizza everyday?” – she wondered.

She wondered IF he liked eating pizza everyday.

Wh-questions:

“Where did he sleep?” – they inquired.

They inquired WHERE he had slept.