STATEMENTS
"It's a marvelous show." The Daily Mail
The Daily Mail said it was a marvelous show.
He asked me: “Can you swim?”
He asked me if I could swim.
John said to Peter, ‘Go away.’
John told Peter to go away.
Josh said that he could swim well
Josh said: " I can swim well."
The authorities accused him of ______ (steal) money from the budget.
The authorities accused him of stealing money from the budget.
"It was me. I ate all the cake yesterday." Tessa said.
Tessa said it had been her. She had eaten all the cake the previous day.
She asked me: “Why do your parents live in Greece?”
She asked me why my parents lived in Greece.
He said to me, "Please wait here till I return."
He asked me to wait there till he returned.
The gardener asked why the flowers had died.
The gardener asked: "why did the flowers die?"
The employee denies ______ (be) out of the office on Monday.
The employee denies being out of the office on Monday.
I told them: “When we’ve finished this game we’ll have dinner.”
I told them when we had finished that game we would have dinner.
I asked him: “Does she know what she’s doing?”
I asked him if she knew what she was doing.
‘Call the first witness,’ said the judge.
The judge told them to call the first witness.
Angela told him not to wait for the delivery.
Angela told him: "Don't wait for the delivery."
We had to admit _____ (rumour) about the colleague.
We had to admit rumouring about the colleague.
Matthew: Emma and I are getting married this summer.
Matthew said that he and Emma were getting married that summer.
The tourists wanted to know: "Can we take pictures of the monuments?"
The tourists wanted to know if/whether they could take pictures of the monuments.
My mom told me: "Clean your bedroom and don't go out tonight"
My mom ordered me to clean my bedroom and not to go out that night.
Laura said she was going away the next day.
Laura said: "I'm going away tomorrow."
The president refused _____ (speak) to the journalists.
The president refused speaking to the journalists.
" I'm sorry I was rude. I had a really bad day and I didn't think clearly yesterday. I want to start all over again.
Adrian said (that) he was sorry he had been rude. He had had a really bad day and he hadn't thought clearly the previous day. He wanted to start all over again.
Interviewer wanted to know: "Where do you live? Have you worked before? and Can you work on Saturdays?
The interviewer wanted to know where I lived, if I had worked before and if I could work on Saturdays.
He said to his father: "Let me go to the party"
He asked his father to let him go to the party.
Einstein said that the important thing was not to stop questioning. That curiosity had its own reason for existing.
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Einstein.
He said he had apologized for ______ (take) my phone without asking.
He said he had apologized for taking my phone without asking.