reported speech 1. “My mother died of cancer in 1985,” Tom said to me  2. They said, “we were in London last week.”  3. They said, “ We have never been here before.”  4. “I worked for a bank in KG”, he said  5. “I was watching TV at 8:00 last night.” She said 

1. Tom said to me that his mother had died of cancer in 1985.

2.They said that they had been in London the week before.

3.They said that they had never been there before.

4.He said he had worked for a bank in KG.

5.She said she has been watching TV at 8:00 the night before.

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