The document provides a 5-point checklist for rewriting sentences from direct to indirect speech: 1) Check the subject, 2) Check if the reporting verb needs an object, 3) Change the verb tense correctly, 4) Change any time expressions or places, 5) Remember not to use question structures for indirect questions. It also gives an example of rewriting a direct question to indirect speech.

1. Suggestions for rewriting sentences reported speech
These are some useful guidelines for rewriting a sentence in indirect speech. When you can
do this comfortably, you will also be able to do the reverse - rewriting a sentence in direct
speech. Copy the following checklist into your notebooks and use it as you do the exercises.
1. Have I checked the new subject?
2. Does the reporting verb need an object and if so, which one?
3. Have I changed the tense of the verb correctly?
4. Are there any time expressions, places, etc. that must be changed?
5. Did I remember that in indirect questions, ordinary question structures are not used?
Example:
“Have you ever been to China before?”
The customs officer asked me whether I had been to Chine before.