He says, "I like ice cream".
He said that he liked ice cream.
My sister said: "I didn't want to buy a new car, but I had no choice".
My sister said (that) she hadn't wanted to buy a new car, but she had had no choice.
My wife told me she had been running by the lake when a car had parked next to the coffee shop.
She told me, "My mother is sick".
She told me that her mother was sick
Henry said, "Thomas has brown hair."
Henry said that Thomas had brown hair.
The teacher said: "You have to study for the test next week"
The teacher told us that we had to study for the test the following week.
Anna said: "I went to the beach last weekend"
Anna said that she had gone to the beach the previous weekend.
Jenna said, "I left home a year ago."
Jenna said she had left home a year before.
Michael said, "Nobody has seen Emily today."
Michael said that nobody had seen Emily that day.
Johny said, "I was in a huge fight last week."
Johny said that he had been in a huge fight the week before.
He told me, "I've been to Paris before".
He told me he had been to Paris before.
Mark told me: "I want to relax and have fun this weekend"
Mark told me that he wanted to relax and have fun that weekend.
Pete told me. "I will be very angry if Ana doesn't do her homework".
Pete told me he would be very angry if Ana didn't do her homework.
Mary tells me: 'I don't have any money this month".
May told me she didn't have any money that month.