Statements
"I'm going to paint this room next week.", he said.
He said (that) he was going to paint that room the next/following week.
"Are you crazy?", she asked him.
She asked him if/whether he was crazy.
"How often do you play sports?", he asked me.
He asked me how often I play/played sports.
"Be quick!", mother asked James.
Mother asked James to be quick.
"Robert has never eaten sushi before.", she said.
She said (that) Robert had never eaten sushi before.
"Will you be at the party tomorrow?", she wanted to know.
She wanted to know if/whether I would be at the party the next/following day.
"When will we meet again?", she asked me.
She asked me when we would meet again.
"Could you explain number 4, please?", he asked the teacher.
He asked the teacher to explain number 4.
"The bus didn't arrive on time yesterday.", he told me.
He told me (that) the bus hadn't arrived on time the previous day/the day before.
"Did you see that car?", he asked me.
He asked me if/whether I had seen that car.
"What are you doing tomorrow?", she wanted to know.
She wanted to know what I was doing the next/following day.
"Don't do it!", mother asked Sarah.
Mother asked Sarah not to do it.
"I was waiting for her at the station two days ago.", she said.
She said (that) she had been waiting for her at the station two days before.
"Were you waiting for me in front of the school today?", mother asked me.
Mother asked me if/whether I had been waiting for her in front of the school that day.
"Where did they live 2 years ago?", he asked me.
He asked me where they had lived two years before.
"Don't be silly!", she asked me.
She asked me not to be silly.