Verb tenses
More Verb tenses
Questions and Commands
Modals
Mixed
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John: I really like pizza. (He no longer likes pizza)
John said that he really liked pizza.
100
Robert: We are at the movies.
Robert said that they were at the movies.
100
Thomas/me:Have you eaten sushi before?
Thomas asked me if I had eaten sushi before.
100

Our teacher: You must speak more English in class. (Still true)

Our teacher said that we must speak more English in class.
100
Joshua: I´ll never go to Australia.
He said that he would never go to Australia.
200
Rafael: I want to go to the show this weekend.
Rafael said that he wanted to go to the show that weekend.
200
The man: The thief robbed the lady and ran down the street.
The man said that the thief had robbed the lady and (had) ran down the street.
200
Sam/us: Do you enjoy dancing?
Sam asked us if we enjoy/enjoyed dancing.
200
Julie to Janet: I should make a doctor's appointment.
Julie told Janet that she should make a doctor's appointment.
200
Ana's boyfriend: I had never played tennis before.
Ana's boyfriend said he had never played tennis before.
300

Lorraine: We didn't drink anything at the show.

Lorraine said that they hadn't drunk anything at the show.
300
Bernardo: I wasn't any place near the scene of the crime.
Bernardo said that he hadn´t been any place near the scene of the crime.
300
Marta and Maria/her: Has your brother returned from his trip to Rio?
They asked her if her brother had returned from his trip to Rio.
300
I/my friend: You can spend the night at my place.
I told my friend she/he could spend the night at my place.
300
Roberta: Will you take me to the show?
Roberta asked me if I would take her to the show?
400
Janet: I'm shopping with my brother at the mall.
Janet said that she was shopping with her brother at the mall.
400

The students:We haven´t studied this grammar subject yet.

The students said that they hadn´t studied that grammar subject yet.

400
I/my sister: How long does it take you to arrive at university? (still at university)
I asked my sister how long it takes her to arrive at university.
400

My parents: We will go to Paris on vacation.

My parents told me we would go to Paris on vacation.
400
Dani's cousins: We played a match yesterday.
Dani's cousins said that they had played a match the day before.
500

The students:The test is going to be next Wednesday.

They said that the test was going to be the following Wednesday.

500
Roberta: We didn´t see any cute boys at the party.
Roberta said that they hadn´t seen any cute boys at the party.
500
George/his students: Be quiet!
George told his students to be quiet.
500

The president: We must do all we can to resolve the social problems of our country. (you are not from this country)

The president said that they had to do all they could to resolve the social problems of their country.

500
Our teacher: I can't correct your essays this week.
Our teacher told us she couldn't correct our essays that week.
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