“We’ve finished the project,” they told us.
They told us that they had finished the project.
“I love Italian food,” she said.
She said that she loved Italian food.
“I don’t understand this exercise,” the student said.
The student said that he didn’t understand that exercise.
“Do you speak German?” she asked me.
She asked me if I spoke German.
“I’m working late tonight,” he explained.
He explained that he was working late that night.
“My phone has just broken!” he shouted.
He shouted that his phone had just broken.
“We went to the same school years ago,” Emma told me.
Emma told me that we had gone to the same school years before.
“I can’t come to the meeting,” Maria said.
Maria said that she couldn’t come to the meeting.
“Where is the nearest bank?” the tourist wanted to know.
The tourist wanted to know where the nearest bank was.
“We were planning a trip to Spain,” they said.
They said that they had been planning a trip to Spain.
“I’ll call you tomorrow,” John promised.
John promised that he would call me the next day.
“I never take the bus,” Alex said.
Alex said that he never took the bus.