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He said, 'I am happy!'

He said that he was happy.

100

'I don’t want to eat soup,' Mary said.

Mary said that she didn’t want to eat soup.

100

He asked me, 'Are you a student?'

He asked me if I was a student.

100

She told him, 'You should send them an e-mail immediately.'

She told him that he should send them an e-mail immediately.

200

He said, 'I will always remember you.'

He said that he would always remember me.

200

Mary said, 'I am not going to the cinema tomorrow.'

Mary said that she was not going to the cinema the following day/the next day.

200

He asked me, 'Did you go to the theatre?”

He asked me if I had gone to the theatre.

200

He said, 'The contract can be signed in the evening.'

He said that the contract could be signed in the evening.

300

My friend said to me, 'I had known you before we were introduced to each other.'

My friend said to me that he had known me before we had been introduced to each other.

300

'I won’t bring you my book tomorrow, ' Peter said.

Peter said that he wouldn’t bring me his book the following day.

300

She asked me, 'Will you take me to school tomorrow?'

She asked me if I would take her to school the next/following day.'

300

She said, 'I must send him a letter at once."

She said that she had to send him a letter at once.

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