Mixed Tenses
Mike: I didn't study last night
Mike said (that) he didn't study/hadn't studied the night before/the previous night
Sarah: May I borrow your textbook?
Sarah asked me whether/if she might borrow my textbook
Steve: Sorry, I'm late
Steve apologized for being late
Paul: Which TV programme did you watch yesterday?
Paul asked me which TV programme I watched/had watched the day before/the previous day.
Stella: Next week I will be lying on the beach in Italy
Stella said that the following week she would be lying on the beach in Italy
George: Could you close the window, please?
George asked me to close the window
My mom: Have you been running?
My mom asked me if/whether I had been running
Paul: Shall we go to the cinema?
Paul offered (us/me) to go/suggested going to the cinema
John: Yes, it was me who broke this vase
John admitted to breaking/having broken that vase
My friends: Where did Tom go last night?
My friends asked me where Tom had gone the night before/the previous night
My parents: We can pick you up tomorrow
My parents said (that) they would be able to pick me up the next/following day
Our father: Stop arguing or I won't let you go out!
Our father threatened not to let us go out if we didn't stop arguing
Lola: I'm going to the beach with my parents next week
Lola said that she was going to the beach with her parents the following week
Her husband: You needn't buy any milk because there is some in the fridge
Her husband told her that she didn't need to buy any milk because there was some in the fridge
Harry: Why don't we go on holiday?
Harry suggested going on holiday