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  • "Could you do something for me?", he said to her. (ask)
    He asked her to do something for him.
  • "You will be paid twice a month", her boss said. (explain)
    Her boss explained that she would be paid twice a month.
  • "I really will phone this evening", he said. (promise)
    He promised to call that evening.
  • She said they had to call their lawyer
    "We have to call our lawyer", she said
  • "The children are riding their bikes", Jennifer said to me
    Jennifer told me (that) the children were riding their bikes
  • She told them not to speak to their father like that.
    "Don't speak to your father like that", She told them.
  • The plumber told them that he would go the following day to fix the tap.
    "I will come tomorrow to fix the tap", the plumber told them.
  • "The Earth revolves around the Sun", the teacher said to the students
    The teacher told the students that the Earth revolves around the Sun
  • "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 week
  • "I will not answer your questions" the actor said to him. (refused)
    The actor refused to answer his questions.
  • "Let's go to the cinema", he said to her (suggest)
    He suggested going to the cinema
  • She asked him why he had said that to her.
    "Why did you say that to me?", she asked him.
  • She told her friend that was the best holiday she had ever had.
    "This is the best holiday I have ever had", she told her friend.
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