Present Simple or Present Continuous
The students in 4B said "Jime is my favourite teacher".
The students in 4B said that Jime was their favourite teacher.
Sheila said "The exam was yesterday".
Sheila said that the exam had been the previous day / the day before.
Antonio said "I have forgotten your birthday".
Antonio said that he had forgotten my birthday.
Elena said "I will watch TV this evening".
Elena said that she would watch TV that evening.
The teacher said "the students in this class don't speak too much".
The teacher said that the students in that class didn't speak too much.
Juan told me "You were copying this sentence 300 times".
Juan told me that I had been copying that sentence 300 times.
María José and Belén said "Our books had fallen from this table".
María José and Belén said that their books had fallen from that table.
Sacri told us "You can be my best students ever".
Sacri told us that we could be her best students ever.
Manuel told me "You are taking my pencil case in this class without my permission now".
Manuel told me that I was taking his pencil case in that class without his permission then.
María said "We collected the money for the graduation party two days ago".
María said that they had collected the money for the graduation party two days before.
My father said "Iker and I have lost our train this morning".
My father said that Iker and he had lost their train that morning.
Sergio said "We should go to school only from Tuesday to Thursday".
Sergio said that they should go to school only from Tuesday to Thursday.
Manolo said "My sister and I have breakfast here every morning".
Manolo said that his sister and he had breakfast there every morning.
Alejandro told me "Monica and my sister were fixing this laptop last Saturday with my tools".
Alejandro said that Monica and his sister had been fixing that laptop the previous Saturday with his tools.
Rosario told me "You had worked well in the last term in my subject".
Rosario told me that I had worked well in the previous/last term in her subject.
Salvador said "I am going to run a marathon next year in Berlin".
Salvador said that he was going to run a marathon the following year in Berlin.
Arancha said "We are studying irregular verbs in my house the day after tomorrow".
Arancha said that they were studying irregular verbs in her house the day after the next day / in two days.
The teacher told me "You finished that exercise too late and I expected it one week ago".
The teacher told me that I had finished that exercise too late and he/she had expected it one week before.
José Andrés said that he had spent many years in jail because he had killed the mayor of his town 10 years before.
The principal said "You must clean your class this afternoon or you won't celebrate your graduation".
The principal said that we had to clean our class that afternoon or we wouldn't celebrate our graduation.