Changes
present ->
past
"I love you." -> She said that ...
... she loved me.
"What time is it?" - He asked ...
... what time it was.
"Are they here?" - She asked ...
if they were there.
"Open the door!" - He ordered me ...
... to open the door.
past ->
past perfect
"I am hungry today." -> He said that ...
... he was hungry that day.
"What's his name?" - He wanted to know...
what his name was.
"Are you okay?" - They wanted to know ...
if I / we were okay.
"Don't answer the phone." - She told me ...
... not to answer the door.
present perfect ->
past perfect
"We went home yesterday." They said that ...
they had gone home the day before.
"Where was Tom?" - She asked me ...
where Tom had been.
if I could drive.
"Turn the music down now!" - They told us ...
to turn the music down then.
today ->
that day
"I will never forget this situation." He said that ...
he would never forget that situation.
"When will they play this game?" - He wanted to know...
... when they would play that game.
"Does Mary work here?" - He asked us ...
... if Mary worked there.
"Don't lie to me today!" - He told us ...
not to lie to him that day.
yesterday ->
the day before
"My co-pilot has done several sea landings." She said that ...
"What did he drink yesterday?" - She asked me ...
"Did they like this soup?" - She asked ...
... if they had liked that soup.
"Come with us now!" - They told me ...