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  • "What do you think of the college?" she asked me.
    She asked me what I thought of the college.
  • "I don't know where my shoes are," you said.
    You said that you didn't know where your shoes were.
  • "I woke up early," you said.
    You said you had woken up early.
  • "I'll call you later tonight," Keith promised.
    Keith promised that he would call later that night.
  • "I went to the cinema yesterday," she said.
    She said (that) she had gone to the cinema the previous day/yesterday.
  • "I will do this for him," I said.
    I said (that) I would do that for him.
  • “Did the contestant win a lot of money?” she asked.
    She asked if/whether the contestant had won a lot of money.
  • "I might be late for dinner." he informed me.
    He informed me (that) he might be late for dinner.
  • "I will clean the car," she said.
    She said that she would clean the car.
  • "I am reading," he said.
    He said that he was reading.
  • "I won't tell anyone," I said.
    I said I wouldn't tell anyone.
  • "This is our book," they said.
    They said that that was their book.
  • “I can’t chat because I’m working,” George said.
    George said that he couldn't chat because he was working.
  • "I'm sorry I broke your computer," said Frank. (APOLOGIZE)
    Frank apologized for breaking my computer.
  • "Who did you see, Sarah?" she asked.
    She asked Sarah who she had seen.
  • "I did not say that," Jeremy said.
    Jeremy said that he hadn't said that.
  • "We are busy," they said.
    They said that they were busy.
  • “I want to go to the football match, but I don’t have enough money," Hannah said.
    Hannah said that she wanted to go to the football match, but she didn’t have enough money.
  • "It was Andy who broke the window," said Mary. (ACCUSED OF)
    Mary accused Andy of breaking the window
  • "Do you want to go?" he asked.
    He asked me if/whether I wanted to go.