Reported speech
He said: " I like it!"
He said that he liked it.
I thought / Mary is in the city.
I thought that Mary was in the city
She told me: "I was there 2 days ago"
She told me that she had been there 2 days before
I didn't know / What's going on?
I didn't know what was going on.
He said: "Don't do it!!!"
He said/ ordered not to do it!
I was told / he has bought a new car
I was told that he had bought a new car.
Paul asked: " What have you been doing?"
Paul wondered what I have been doing
I was afraid / You can manage it yourself
I was afraid if you could manage that yourself
Nancy exclaimed: "Must I do it?!"
Nancy wondered if she had to do that.
The government announced / that citizens must stay at home.
The government announced that citizens had to stay at home.