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“I am going to visit my aunt next week,” he said. [Reported a week later]
He said he was going to visit his aunt the following week.
He said he would visit his aunt the next week.
He said he was going to visit his aunt next week.
He told he was going to visit my aunt the following week.
“Please sit here,” she said.
She said sit here.
She asked me sit there.
She told me sit here.
She told me to sit there.
“Don’t open the window,” he said.
He warned me not open the window.
He told me not to open the window.
He asked me not open the window.
He said don’t open the window.
“Did you finish the work?” he asked.
He asked did I finish the work.
He asked if I have finished the work.
He asked if I had finished the work.
He asked whether had I finished the work.
“I don’t understand this question,” she said.
She told she didn’t understand this question.
She said she didn’t understand that question.
She said she hadn’t understood that question.
She said me she doesn’t understand that question.
“Where are you going?” she asked.
She asked where I had gone.
She asked where am I going.
She asked where I was going.
She asked where was I going.
“Do you know the answer?” he asked.
He asked if I have known the answer.
He asked did I know the answer.
He asked do I know the answer.
He asked whether I knew the answer.
“I cleaned my room yesterday,” she said. [Reported a few days later]
She said she had cleaned her room the day before.
She told she had cleaned her room yesterday.
She said she cleaned her room yesterday.
She said she has cleaned her room the day before.
“Did she call you?” he asked.
He asked had she called me.
He asked if she had called me.
He asked did she call me.
He asked whether had she called me.
“Why do you like this place?” she asked.
She asked why I liked that place.
She asked why I had liked that place.
She asked why did I like this place.
She asked why do I like that place.
“Are you tired today?” he asked.
He asked if I was tired that day.
He asked were you tired today.
He asked whether I have been tired that day.
He asked if I am tired that day.
“I am reading this book,” he said. [Reported later]
He said he is reading this book.
He said he was reading that book.
He told he was reading this book.
He said he had read that book.
“We are going to travel next month,” they said.
They said they had travelled the following month.
They told they were going to travel next month.
They said they are travelling next month.
They said they were going to travel the following month.
“We are staying here this week,” they said.
They told they were staying here that week.
They said they were staying there that week.
They said they are staying here that week.
They said they had stayed there that week.
“I will see you tonight,” she said. [Reported a week later]
She told she would see me tonight.
She said she would see me that night.
She said she will see me tonight.
She said she had seen me that night.
“I bought this jacket yesterday,” he said. [Reported on a different day]
He told he had bought that jacket yesterday.
He said he had bought that jacket the day before.
He said he bought this jacket yesterday.
He said he has bought that jacket the day before.
