Shenanigans
"I hate this energy drink," Liam complained.
Liam complained that he hated that energy drink.
"Don't touch my phone!", Maya snapped at her little brother.
Maya snapped at her little brother not to touch her phone.
"I will text you after school," Noah promised Sarah.
Noah promised Sarah he would text her after school.
"Do you have an extra pen?", Lucas asked me.
Lucas asked me if I had an extra pen.
"We are studying for our biology test in this library," Emma said.
Emma said they were studying for their biology test in that library.
"Why are you wearing my vintage hoodie?" Chloe asked her sister.
Chloe asked her sister why she was wearing her vintage hoodie.
"I lost my AirPods yesterday during soccer practice," Leo admitted to the coach.
Leo admitted to the coach that he had lost his AirPods the day before during soccer practice.
"Turn off your notifications and put your phones face down," the teacher asked the class.
The teacher asked the class to turn off their notifications and put their phones face down.
"We didn't see that viral video on TikTok," the twins told me.
The twins told me they hadn't seen that viral video on TikTok.
"I can't go to the party tomorrow because I'm grounded," Sam groaned.
Sam groaned that he couldn't go to the party the day after because he was grounded.
"Put your seatbelt on right now and stop scrolling while I'm talking," Mom warned us in the car.
Mom warned us in the car to put our seatbelt on right then and stop scrolling while she was talking.
"I have never watched a single episode of Stranger Things in my entire life," Tyler confessed to the group.
Tyler confessed to the group that he had never watched a single episode of Stranger Things in his entire life.
Context: A student explaining a biological fact combined with an ongoing personal habit to the school nurse.
"Teens need eight hours of sleep to function properly, but I only get five hours every night because of competitive swimming," Sophia explained.
Sophia explained that teens need eight hours of sleep to function properly, but she only gets five hours every night because of competitive swimming.
"Where did you leave the keys to the band room?" Liam asked me.
Liam asked me where I had left the keys to the band room.
"Which laptop charger belongs to you?", the teacher asked Lucas.
The teacher asked Lucas which laptop charger belonged to him.
"Why didn't you answer my FaceTime when you saw that I was calling?" Zoe asked her best friend angrily.
Zoe asked her best friend angrily why she hadn't answered her FaceTime when she saw that she was/had been calling.
Context: Discussing an old viral video three months later.
"Was the original clip deleted from their channel this morning?" Noah asked me.
Noah aske me if the original clip had been deleted from their channel that morning.
"How does sound travel faster through water than through air?" Mr. Vance asked the physics class.
Mr. Vance asked the physics class how sound travels faster through water than through air.
"How much money will be needed for our senior trip?" Julian asked the organizing committee.
Julian asked the organizing committee how much money would be needed for their senior trip.
Context: You and your friend are standing at the bus stop.
"What time does the last bus arrive at this station tonight?" Sam asked me.
Sam asked me what time the last bust arrived at this station that night.
Context: You are talking to your brother in the hallway five minutes after your mom gave an order. Your mom is still in the kitchen waiting.
"Tell your brother to clean his mess right now or he isn't coming with us to the cinema tonight," Mom ordered me.
Mom ordered me to tell you to clean your mess right now or you're not coming with us to the cinema tonight.
Context: You are telling your mom a week later about some high school drama.
"Who was blamed for the broken trophy in the hallway yesterday?" Maya asked the vice principal.
Maya asked the vice principal who had been blamed for the broken trophy in the hallway the day before.
Context: Retelling a conversation with a mechanic a month after a family road trip.
"Was your car battery replaced two weeks ago?" the mechanic asked my dad.
The mechanic asked my dad if his car battery had been replaced two weeks before.
Context: Reporting a college application milestone three months after graduation.
"I am submitting my art portfolio in four days," Chloe told the counselor.
Chloe told the counselor that she was submitting her art portfolio four days later.
Context: You are recounting a classroom mishap to your parents weeks after finals.
"The chemistry models were accidentally broken during the fifth period yesterday afternoon," Ethan told the principal.
Ethan told the principal that the chemistry models had been accidentally broken during the fifth period the afternoon before.