Present Tenses
Mary: I am at home. (said)
Mary said she was at home.
Mary: I wasn't hungry. (said)
Mary said she hadn't been hungry.
Mary: I can drive a bus. (commented)
Mary commented she could drive a bus.
Mary: Our friends are very talkative. (admitted)
Mary admitted their friends are/were very talkative.
Mary: I don't like chocolate. (told)
Mary told me she didn't like chocolate.
Mary: I and my family lived in Canada. (told)
Mary told me they had lived in Canada.
Mary: May we come in?
Mary asked if they could come in.
Mary: I don't like rainy days. (said)
Mary said she doesn't/didn't like rainy days.
Mary: My sister isn't cleaning her own bedroom. (confessed)
Mary confessed her sister wasn't cleaning her own bedroom.
Mary: This song was playing the whole afternoon. (commented)
Mary commented that song had been playing the whole afternoon.
Mary: They must go now. (suggested)
Mary suggested they had to go then.
Mary: John is going to the beach. (told)
Mary told me John is/was going to the beach.
Mary: Josh has been to Miami last vacation. (said)
Mary said Josh had been to Miami the previous vacation.
Mary: You had done it! (told)
Mary told me I had done that.
Mary: It won't rain tomorrow. (said)
Mary said it wouldn't rain the next/following day.
Mary: What are you studying at school?
Mary asked what I am/was studying at school.
Mary: Have you ever eaten Japanese food?
Mary asked if I had ever eaten Japanese food.
Mary: What had John done?
Mary asked what John had done.
Mary: Would you and your sister like some coffee?
Mary asked if I and my sister would like some coffee.
Mary: Will you answer the door?
Mary asked if I will/would answer the door.