1. I prefer fantasy to science fiction,' he said.
He said he preferred fantasy to science fiction.
2 You have to look up the new words in the dictionary, the teacher said.
The teacher said we had to look up the new words in the dictionary
3 I won't tell you how the story ends,' he said.
He said he wouldn't tell you how the story ends
4 'She's writing a trilogy on Rome,' they said.
They said she was writing a trilogy on Rome.
5 I have never written children's fiction,' she said.
She said she had never written children's fiction.
1. Somebody has cleaned the room. The room has been cleaned .
2. They are building a new road around the city.
A new road around the city is being built.
3. They have built two new hotels near the airport.
Two new hotels have been built near the airport.
4. When I last visited, they were building some new houses here.
When I last visited, some new houses were being built here.
5. The meeting is now on 15 April. They have changed the date.
The date of the meeting has been changed.
6. I didn’t know that somebody was recording our conversation.
I didn’t know that our conversation was being recorded.
7. Is anyone doing anything about the problem?
Is anything being done about the problem?
8. The windows were very dirty. Nobody had cleaned them for ages.
The windows were very dirty. They hadn't been cleaned for ages.