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  • Sophie said: ”I went to bed early last night”. (Sophie said ….)
    Sophie said that she had gone to bed early that night.
  • The pilot asked if I/he/she had prepared the runway for their flight.
    The pilot asked: "Have you prepared the runway for our flight?”
  • The player wondered:”How many goals will we score this week?”
    The player wondered how many goals they would score that week.
  • The referee asked: ”How many players do you want to substitute?”
    The referee asked how many players I/we/he wanted to substitute.
  • Sarah asked if she had to sweep the floor after work.
    Sarah asked: "Do I have to sweep the floor after work?”
  • 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.
  • The fireman asked when the fire engine was going to be ready
    The fireman asked: ”When is the fire engine going to be ready?”
  • The gardener asked:”Why didn’t you buy a new shovel?”
    The gardener asked why I hadn’t bought a new shovel.
  • She wondered how much pay she could expect.
    She wondered: "How much pay can I expect?”
  • The watchmaker asked: "Did you buy this Swiss watch at my place”?
    The watchmaker asked if he/she had bought that Swiss watch at his place.
  • The rock star asked: ”Would you sing the song with me?”
    The rock star asked me if I would sing the song with him.
  • Daddy wanted to know if Kevin was going to be a lawyer.
    Daddy wanted to know: "Are you going to be a lawyer Kevin?”
  • Dave said: ”I was outside the classroom during the break but I saw a group of my colleagues inside the room.” (Dave said that …)
    Dave said that he had been outside the classroom during the break but he had seen a group of his colleagues inside the room.
  • Mrs. Wilson: “No one has ever spoken to me like this before.” (Mrs. Wilson said …)
    Mrs. Wilson said that no one had ever spoken to her like that before.
  • The teacher asked: ”Who were they travelling with yesterday?”
    The teacher asked who they had been travelling with the day before.
  • The instructor asked me if I had ever worked with groups from aboard
    The instructor asked me: "Have you ever worked with groups from abroad?”
  • Mark said that his friend Gary had found a new job in the music business.
    Mark said: ”My friend Gary has found a new job in the music business.”
  • The commander asked: "Do our soldiers have enough weapons?”
    The commander wanted to know if their/his soldiers had enough weapons.
  • He asked:” Are we going to start work tomorrow?”
    He asked if they were going to start work the next day.
  • 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 wanted to know who had discovered America.
    The teacher wanted to know: ”Who discovered America?”
  • The hired workers asked when they would be paid.
    The hired works asked:” When will we be paid?”
  • They wanted to know if they would go for a walk if the weather was fine.
    They wanted to know: "Will we go for a walk if the weather is fine?”
  • My father told Ben that he was sure he had seen him there the week before.
    My father told Ben: ”I am sure I saw you here last week.”
  • Miss Jackson: ”I warned you to study for the test a month ago.” (Miss Jackson reminded me...)
    Miss Jackson reminded me that she had warned me to study for the test a month before.
  • He told me: ”You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen”. (He told me …)
    He told me that I was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.
  • The people asked:” Where would he go if he had the money?”
    The people asked where he would have gone if he had had the money.
  • He asked: ”Where have you been, Tom?”
    He asked me where I had been.
  • He asked: ”What would you do if you were a celebrity?”
    He asked me what I would have done if I had been a celebrity.
  • The assistant asked if I was looking for something
    The assistant asked: "Are you looking for something?”
  • He wanted to know: ”How long has Peter had his sports car?”
    He wanted to know how long Peter had had his sports car.
  • He said:” Tomorrow at five o’clock I will be sitting on a train to Glasgow.” (He said that…)
    He said that the next day at five o’clock he would be sitting on a train to Glasgow.
  • Mary said: "I will play cards the day after tomorrow”. (Mary told me…)
    Marry told me that she would play cards the following day/the next day.
  • Jane’s brother asked her who she was going out with.
    Jane's brother asked her, “Who are you going out with Jane?”
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • She wanted to know if I had been informed about the meeting the day before.
    She wanted to know: ”Were you informed about the meeting yesterday?”
  • The coach asked what he was doing then.
    The coach asked: ”What is he doing now?”
  • The captain asked the guide when they would get to the coast.
    The captain asked: ”When will we get to the coast, guide?”
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