Present and Past simple
Present and Past Continous
Present and Past Perfect
Modals
Mixed
100

Lucas:"I live in New York."

Lucas said (that) he lived in New York.

100

Tiana: "I am working today."

Tiana/She said (that) she was working that day.

100

Uncle:"My son has studied Latin."

Uncle said (that) his son had studied Latin

100

Friend: "I must leave early this week"

My friend said (that) he/she had to leave early that week.

100

Cinthia:"I'll do the washing-up later."

Cinthia said she would do the washing-up later.

200

Mary: "We don't travel much."

Mary/She said (that) they didn't travel much.

200

Grandma: "She's eating dinner."

Grandma said (that) she was eating dinner.

200

Alanis: I haven't met Richard before

Alanis said she hadn't met Richard before.

200

Son: "I can help you tomorrow."

He said (that) he could help me the next day.

200

Peter: "They have never been to Scotland until last year."

Peter said (that) they had never been to Scotland until the previous year.

300

Silvia: "I came to London in 2004."

Silvia/She said (that) she had come to London in 2004.

300

They: We were listening to songs on Youtube.

They said they had been listening to songs on Youtube.

300

Anna: “You had done all the work.”

Anna said (that) I had done all the work.

300

Kenia: "You shouldn't go to bed late."

Kenia said (that) I shouldn't go to bed late.

300

Teacher: "Get out!" 

*Use the verb tell, also take in mind that is talking to you

The teacher told me/us to get out.

400

Simon: "They didn't go to the cinema yesterday."

Simon/He said (that) they hadn't been to the cinema the day before/the previous day.

400

Lila:Were you staying at your sister’s house?

Lila/She asked if I had been staying at my sister’s house.

400

Martin: "Have they gone on holiday last summer?"

Martin asked if they had gone on holiday the previous summer.

400

Boss: "The project may start next week."

The boss said (that) the project may start the following week.

400

Sally said to me "Come here! I can't do it without your help."

Sally told me to come there, cause (connector) she couldn't do it without my help."

500

Dad: "Is the milk fresh?"

Dad asked me if the milk was fresh.

500

Tom said to me, “I was cooking delicious food for you.”

Tom told me that he had been cooking delicious food for me.

500

Diana said to them: "The train had left an hour ago"

Diana told them (that) the train had left an hour before.

500

Jen: Shall we phone to say we are going to be late?

Jen ask if we should phone to say we were going to be late.

500

He: "Can you give me a glass of water, please? I'm really thirsty, I haven't drunk anything since morning."


He asked if I could give him a glass of water, he explain he was really thirsty, cause (connector) he hadn't drunk anything since morning.