Reporting-Mar 15

話の内容が過去において既に済んでいることは過去完了を使って間接話法に書き換えよ。

When I left home for school this morning, I realized I hadn't brushed my teeth.

When I got home from school, I couldn't get in the house because I hadn't taken the key with me.

Ron said to Mom, “Has Dad gone to work?” 

  => Ron asked Mom if Dad had gone to work.

1. Julie asked Maria, “Have you done the homework?” 

  => Julie asked Maria if she had done her homework. 

2. Maria said to Julie, “No, I haven’t done it yet.” 

  => Maria told Julie she hadn’t done it yet.

3. She also said, “I haven’t done the homework because I have been busy helping my mom since yesterday.” 

  =>  She also said/told (that) she hadn’t done the homework because she had been busy helping her mom since the day before. 

4. Julie said to Maria, “I didn’t do my homework either because I left the textbook in school. 

  => Julie told Maria she didn’t do it either because she had left the textbook in school.