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  • "I am sorry but I can’t come to your birthday party because I am going away for the weekend.” (GLORIA / EXPLAIN)
    Gloria explained that she was really sorry but she couldn’t come to my party because she was going away for the weekend.
  • He said: ”Tomorrow at five o’clock I will be sitting on a train to Glasgow.” 
    He said that the next day at five o’clock he would be sitting on a train to Glasgow.
  • "This is the best holiday I have ever had", she told her friend.
    She told her friend that was the best holiday she had ever had.
  • He wanted to know: ”How long has Peter had his sports car?”
    He wanted to know how long Peter had had his sports car
  • "Don’t touch the wire with wet hands." (THE ELECTRICIAN, WARN)
    The electrician warned me not to touch the wire with wet hands.
  • The helper asked: ”What time are you going to finish tomorrow?”
    The helper asked what time we were going to finish the next day
  • The teacher asked: ”Who were they travelling with yesterday?”
    The teacher asked who they had been travelling with the day before
  • He told me: ”You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen”. 
    He told me that I was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen
  • They wanted to know: ”Why weren’t we allowed to park here last month?”
    They wanted to know why they hadn’t been allowed to park there the month before.
  • "Please, don’t go." (HE, BEG)
    He begged me not to go.
  • "The children are riding their bikes", Jennifer said to me.
    Jennifer told me (that) the children were riding their bikes
  • The doctor wanted to know: ”Have you had the symptoms for a long time?”
    The doctor wanted to know if I had had the symptoms for a long time.
  • ”I will play cards the day after tomorrow”. (CLAIRE / INFORM ME)
    Claireinformed me that she would play cards the following day/the next day
  • The player wondered: ”How many goals will we score this week?”
    The player wondered how many goals they would score that week.
  • The zookeeper asked: ”How much food did the lions eat last week?"
    The zookeeper asked how much food the lions had eaten the week before.
  • "Why did you say that to me?", she asked him.
    She asked him why he had said that to her.
  • "It's a great idea to go to the beach." (MARIA, RECOMMEND)
    Maria recommended going to the beach. / Maria recommended that we go to the beach.
  • The rock star asked me: ”Would you sing the song with me?”
    The rock star asked me if I would sing the song with him.
  • They inquired: ”Have you ever been to America?”
    They inquired if I/we had ever been to America.
  • The gardener inquired: ”Why didn’t you buy a new shovel?”
    The gardener inquired why I hadn’t bought a new shovel.
  • "We will have a house warming party next week", said Mike and Helen.
    Mike and Helen said that they would have a house warming party the next /followingweek
  •  ”I warned you to study for the test a month ago.” (MISS JACKSON / REMIND ME)
    Miss Jackson reminded me that she had warned me to study for the test a month before
  • Dave: "I was outside the classroom during the break but I saw a group of my colleagues inside the room.”
    Dave said that he had been outside the classroom during the break but he had seen a group of his colleagues inside the room.
  • "I will come tomorrow to fix the tap", the plumber told them.
    The plumber told them that he would go the next/following day to fix the tap.
  • He asked: ”Are we going to start work tomorrow?”
    He asked if they were going to start work the next day.
  • The referee asked: ”How many players do you want to substitute?”
    The referee asked how many players I/we/he wanted to substitute.
  • "Don't speak to your father like that", she told them.
    She told them not to speak to their father like that.
  • He asked: ”Where have you been Tom?”
    He asked me where I had been
  • Sophie said: ”I went to bed early last night”. 
    Sophie said that she had gone to bed early that night.
  • Mrs. Wilson: “No one has ever spoken to me like this before.” 
    Mrs. Wilson said that no one had ever spoken to her like that before
  • "We have to call our lawyer", she said
    She said they had to call their lawyer
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