Reported Speech
(Including Subordinate Imperatives and Vaughn Method)

The doctor said, “get some rest”

The doctor told me to get some rest.

The doctor told me that I should get some rest.

The doctor said to me that I should get some rest.

The clerk said “we´re closed”

The clerk said that they were closed.

The clerk told me they were closed.

The defendant said “I´m innocent”
(the defendant pleaded innocent)
The defendant said that he was innocent.
The defendant told the judge that he was innocent.

The teacher said “study chapter 2, there will be a quiz tomorrow. ”
The teacher said to study chapter 2, and that there would be a quiz tomorrow.
The teacher told us to study chapter 2, and that there would be a quiz tomorrow.
The teacher said that we should study chapter 2, and that there would be a quiz tomorow.

My colleague said “don´t call me after 9pm”
My colleague said not to call him after 9pm.
My colleague told me not to call him after 9pm.
My colleague said that I should not call him after 9pm.

ME: X, What does "grift" mean?
X: I don´t know what grift means.
ME: Z, What do I want to know?
Z: You want to know what "grift" means.
ME: X, Ask Y what "grift means".
X: Y, what does "grift" mean?
Y: I don´t know what "grift" means.
ME: Z, What does X want to know?
Z: X wants to know what "grift" means.
ME: What did X do?
Z1: X asked Y what "grift" meant.
ME: What did Y say?
Z2: Y said she didn´t know what "grift" meant.
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ME: X, ask Y who makes the best pizza in Madrid.
X: Y, who makes the best pizza in Madrid?
Y: the best pizza in Madrid is Domino´s.
ME: Z, what did X ask? / What does X want to know?
Z: X asked who made the best pizza in Madrid. / X wants to know who makes the best Pizza in Madrid.
ME: Z2, what did Y say? According to Y, who makes the best pizza in Madrid?

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ME: X, ask Y if it will rain this week?

X: Y, will it rain this week?

Y: Yes, it will rain this week.

ME: Z, what does X want to know?

Z: X wants to know if it will rain this week.

ME: What did Y say?

Z: Y said it would rain this week.

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ME: X, ask Y if she thinks Penelope Cruz is a good actor.

X: Y, do you think PC is a good actor?

Y: No, i dont think PC is a good actor.

ME: Z, what did X ask Y?

Z: X asked Y if she thought PC was a good actor.

ME: What did Y say? / What does Y say?

Z: Y said she didn´t think PC was a good actor? / Y says she doesn´t think PC is a good actor.

ME: Z, ask Y why she doesn´t think PC is a good actor.

Z: Y, why don´t you think PC is a good actor?

Y: I find her emotional displays unmoving.

ME: X, what did Z ask Y?

X: Z asked Y why she doesn´t think PC is a good actor.

ME: What did Y say?

X: Y said she found her emotional displays unmoving.
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ME: X, tell Y that Z says she has to be at the office before 9 am tomorrow.
X: Y, Z says you have to be at the office before 9 am tomorrow.
ME: Z2, what did X tell Y?
Z2: X told Y that Z said she had to be at the office before 9 am tomorrow.

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ME: X, tell Y that Z doesn´t think the pandemic will end anytime soon.
X: Y, Z doesn´t think the pandemic will end anytime soon.
ME: Y, what did X tell you?
Y: X told me that Z doesn´t think the pandemic will end anytime soon.
ME: Z2, what did Y just tell me?
Z2: Y just told you that X told her that Z doesn´t think the pandemic will end anytime soon.
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ME: X, tell Y to call you in 10 minutes.
X: Y, call me in 10 minutes.
ME: Y, what does X want?
Y: X wants me to call him in 10 minutes.
ME: Z, what did I tell X?
Z: You told X to tell Y to call her in 10 minutes.

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ME: X, ask Y what time the sun sets.
ME: X, ask Y if the employees of Renfe are happy with their conditions.
ME: X, ask Y why cheese is so delicious.
ME: X, ask Y if she prefers using the mouse to using the trackpad.
ME: X, ask Y if the president of Spain is currently in Brussels.

ME: X, ask Y how often she sees uses a bicycle.
ME: X, ask Y when the plaza de españa construction project finished.

ME: X, ask Y what the difference is between cider and beer.

ME: X, tell Y that Z wants her to write a letter of recommendation.
ME: X, tell Y to please make some coffee.
ME: X, ask Y what the best day is this week to schedule a company-wide meeting.
ME: X, tell Y that Z needs her to do an online survey.
ME: X, ask Y if she understands the meaning of "copious"
ME: X, tell Y that Z says she will be an hour late to the event.

ME: X, ask Y if she liked the movie Torrente.
ME: X, ask Y if she has seen the new 007 movie.
ME: X, ask Y what the movie Torrente was about.

ME: X, tell Y to spell the word "Ceiling"
ME: X, ask Y if she is learning Chinese.
ME: X, ask Y if she has ever visited Edinburgh.
ME: X, ask Y which celebrity she would like to meet.