Category 1
“I should apologize to her.”
he said that ______
he said that he should apologize to her
“I am telling the truth now.”
he said that _____
He said (that) he was telling the truth then.
“I arrived at the conference two hours ago and met several students.”
→ He said that ____
→ He said that he had arrived at the conference two hours before and had met several students.
“I have told the teacher about the problem already.”
he said that ____
He said (that) he had told the teacher about the problem already.
“I can solve this problem without any help from my classmates.”
→ He said (that) _______
he said that he could solve that problem without any help from his classmates
“I may be mistaken about what happened during the meeting.”
→ He said that ____
→ He said that he might be mistaken about what had happened during the meeting.
“I must tell the principal immediately.”
He said (that) ______
He said (that) he had to tell the principal immediately.
“I will reveal the secret tomorrow.”
→ He said (that) ______
→ He said (that) he would reveal the secret the next day.
“I will reveal the results tomorrow if everyone agrees.”
→ He said that ________
→ He said that he would reveal the results the next day if everyone agreed.
“I tell the truth every day.”
→ He said (that) ______
→ He said (that) he told the truth every day.
“I told my friend yesterday about the secret.”
→ He said (that) _______
→ He said (that) he had told his friend the day before about the secret.
“I am explaining why I did not complete the homework now.”
→ He said that ______.
→ He said that he was explaining why he had not completed the homework then.