Simple Present / Present Perfect
John said: "I live in China."
John said that he lived in China.
They said: “We went out last night”
They said that they had gone out the night before.
She said: “I won’t be able to see you next week.”
She said that she wouldn't be able to see me the following week.
[Mrs. A to Mrs. B]
She said: “I can help you tomorrow.”
[Mrs. B to Mrs. A]
She said that she could help me the following day.
What is the direct question?
The interviewer asked me if I was married.
"Are you married?"
Betty said: "I bring some flowers every time I see him."
Betty said that she often bit her nails every time she saw him.
He said: “ I’d never been to this place before”
He said that he had never been to that place before.
He said: “She’s living in Paris right now.”
He said that she was living in Paris for a few months.
[Mrs. A to B]
She said: “You must go to bed early this afternoon.”
[-> B to C]
She said that I should go to bed early that afternoon.
What is the indirect question?
I asked, "Who is the boss?"
I asked who the boss was.
Sandra said: “He hasn’t eaten his breakfast.”
Sandra said that he hadn’t eaten his breakfast.
She said: “I didn’t go to the party yesterday.”
She said that she hadn’t gone to the party the day before.
He said: “The weather will be fine tomorrow.”
He said that he had visited his parents two days before.
He said : “They will help if they can.”
He said that they would help if they could.
What is the direct question?
The interviewer asked me how much experience I'd had.
"How much experience have you had?"
They said, "We have never been here before."
He said that a lot had been changed in his town since he was born.
They said, "We were in London last week."
He said that he hadn’t travelled by underground before he came to London.
He said: "These drivers are talking on the phone while they are driving."
He said that those drivers were talking on the phone while driving.
She said: “I'm going to buy a new book this week.”
She said that she had been sleeping right there when Julie called.
What is the indirect question?
She asked me, "How many degrees have you earned?"
She asked me how many degrees I had earned.
He said: "A lot has been changed in our town since last year."
They said that they had never been there before.
[in London]
He said: “I hadn’t travelled by underground before I came here.”
[-> in Germany]
They said that they had been in London the week before.
[Mr. A to Mr. B]
He said, "I will help you tomorrow tomorrow."
[-> Mr. B to Mr. C]
He said that he would have finished that paper (by) the following day.
[Mrs. A to Mr. B]
She said: "Nothing more can be done tonight, but I will contact you tomorrow."
[-> Mr. C to Mr. B]
She said that nothing more could be done that night, and that she would certainly contact him the following Monday.
What is the direct question?
The interviewer asked me what kind of routine I liked.
"What kind of routine do you like?"