Simple Present / Present Perfect
John: "I live in China."
John said [that] he lived in China.
Peter [on Sunday about himself and his girlfriend]: “We went out last night”
=> Peter's father [on Tuesday]: "..."
Peter said [that] they had gone out the night before.
She said: “I won’t be able to see you next week.”
She said that she wouldn't be able to see me the following week.
[Mrs. A to Mrs. B]
She said: “I can help you tomorrow.”
[Mrs. B to Mrs. A]
She said that she could help me the following day.
She said: "I was waiting for the bus when he arrived."
She said that she had been waiting for the bus when he (had) arrived.
Betty: "I bring some flowers every time I see him."
Betty said [that] she brought some flowers every time she saw him.
Sally [in England]: “ I’d never been to this place before”
=> Sally's father in Germany: "..."
Sally said [that] she had never been to that place before.
He said: “She’s living in Paris right now.”
He said that she was living in Paris for a few months.
[Mrs. A to B]
She said: “You must go to bed early this afternoon.”
[-> B to C]
She said that I should go to bed early that afternoon.
He said: "No. I don't mind waiting here. I'll be fine."
He said that he didn't mind waiting there and that he would be fine.
Sandra: “He hasn’t eaten his breakfast.”
Sandra said [hat] he hadn’t eaten his breakfast.
Ben [on Wednesday]: “I didn’t go to the party yesterday.”
She said that she hadn’t gone to the party the day before.
He said: “The weather will be fine tomorrow.”
He said that he had visited his parents two days before.
He said : “They will help if they can.”
He said that they would help if they could.
Mike said: "I must arrange a couple of things. But I am free tonight."
Mike said that he had to arrange a couple of things but that he was free that night.
Nils and Greta [in London]: "We have never been here before."
=> Their father in Germany: "..."
Peter and Mary said [that] they had never been there before.
They said, "We were in London last week."
He said that he hadn’t travelled by underground before he came to London.
He said: "These drivers are talking on the phone while they are driving."
He said that those drivers were talking on the phone while driving.
She said: “I'm going to buy a new book this week.”
She said that she had been sleeping right there when Julie called.
He said: "I got the message while I was waiting at the bus stop."
He said that he had got the message while he had been waiting at the bus stop.
Tom to his parents [in Greenwich in 2015]: "A lot has changed in our town since last year."
=> His parents [in Greenwich in 2023]: "..."
Tom said that a lot had changed in our town since the year before.
[in London]
He said: “I hadn’t travelled by underground before I came here.”
[-> in Germany]
They said that they had been in London the week before.
[Mr. A to Mr. B]
He said, "I will help you tomorrow tomorrow."
[-> Mr. B to Mr. C]
He said that he would have finished that paper (by) the following day.
[Mrs. A to Mr. B]
She said: "Nothing more can be done tonight, but I will contact you tomorrow."
[-> Mr. C to Mr. B]
She said that nothing more could be done that night, and that she would certainly contact him the following Monday.
[in 2018]
He said: "My was interviewes on TV last year. I've never seen her since then."
[-> in 2018]
He said that his sister got married the year before and that he had never seen her ever since.