First Column
''I have taken the train to Berlin,'' said Amy.
Amy said that ...
Amy said that she had taken the train to Berlin.
''Tom will come back tomorrow,'' said Amy.
Amy said that ...
Amy said that Tom would come back the following day.
''Jim is studying a lot,'' Sarah told me.
Sarah told me that ...
Sarah told me that Jim was studying a lot.
''Bob was at the cinema yesterday,'' said Lily.
Lily said that ...
Lily said that Bob had been at the cinema the day before.
"I am going shopping tomorrow," said John.
John said that ...
John said that he was going shopping the next day / the following day.
''What are you reading?'' Tom asked Luke.
Tom asked Luke what ...
Tom asked Luke what he was reading.
''Did you lock the door?'' Anna asked Bob.
Anna asked Bob whether he ...
Anna asked Bob whether he had locked the door.
''Who took the remote?'' mum asked us.
Mum asked us who ...
Mum asked who had taken the remote.
"When will the party start?" Bob asked me.
Bob asked me when ...
He asked me when the party would start
''Can I go with you?'' Amy asked Bob.
Amy asked Bob whether she ....
Amy asked Bob whether she could go with him.
''Zara was reading a book in front of the fire,'' Peter told me.
Peter told me that ...
Peter told me that Zara had been reading a book in front of the fire.
''I saw a clown in the street,'' said Jim.
Jim said that ...
Jim said that he had seen a clown in the street.
''I did a great course last year,'' said Jenny.
Jenny said that ...
Jenny said that she had done a great course the previous year.
''The dog was running after the cat this morning,'' said Rachel.
Rachel said that ...
Rachel said that the dog had been running after the cat that morning.
"I am not coming to the meeting tomorrow," Amy told me.
Amy told me that she ...
Amy told me that she wasn't coming to the meeting the next day / the following day.
''Will you live in a different country in the future?'' Rachel asked her brother.
Rachel asked her brother whether he ...
Rachel asked her brother whether he would live in a different country in the future.
"My students are reading a book now," said the teacher.
The teacher said that ...
The teacher said that his/her students were reading a book then.
"Who's your favorite actor?" Martin asked me.
Martin asked me ...
Martin asked me who my favorite actor was.
''The meeting has already started,'' my boss told me.
My boss told me that ...
My boss told me that the meeting had already started.
"Where did you go yesterday?" my best friend asked me.
My best friend asked me where ...
My best friend asked me where I had gone the previous day/ the day before.
''I'll cook dinner tonight,'' said Antonio.
Antonio said that ...
Antonio said that he would cook dinner that night.
"How much is this book?" asked Paul.
Paul asked ...
Paul asked how much that book was.
''I have been studying hard for a year,'' said Amy.
Amy said that ...
Amy said that she had been studying hard for a year.
''I am confident I can get a job in London,'' said Bill.
Bill said that ...
Bill said that he was confident he could get a job in London.
''I won't eat pizza without you again?'' Paul told me.
Paul told me that ...
Paul told me that he wouldn't eat pizza without me again.