Direct/Indirect Speech

“They asked (me) why they should hire me, so I told them… “

Could you give me an example of how you’d like to use passive voice in indirect speech? That will help me to answer your question better.

Thanks,

Amy

In my first reply above, you’ll see that I advised you to use “should” and not “should have” when using indirect speech to say “They asked me why they should hire me, so I told them.” If you use “should have,” that would suggest that the people did not hire you, but we don’t know that.

To answer your second question, the indirect speech for “John said: I should go there” would be “John said that he should go there.” If the sentence was “John said: I should have gone there” then you could say “John said that he should have gone there.”

Here is a page in Wikipedia you might find helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indirect_speech

Best,

Amy

Yes, “John said that he would go there” is correct.

Best,

Amy