Direct: "I love this movie," she said.
Reported: She said (that) she loved that movie.
Direct: "I'm feeling tired," she said.
Reported: She said that she was feeling tired.
Laura said , ' I will make the cake tonight '
Laura said that she would make the cake that night
Direct: "We are going to the beach tomorrow," they said
Reported: They said that they were going to the beach the next day.
Direct: "I'm going to buy a new car next month," she said.
Reported: She said that she was going to buy a new car the following month.
Direct: "We will visit our grandparents this weekend," they told me
Reported: They told me that they would visit their grandparents that weekend.
Dad said , ' Ali must turn down the volume'
Dad said that Ali had to turn down the volume
Direct: "I have to leave early today," he told me
Reported: He told me that he had to leave early that day.
She said that she had made a lot of food the day before / the previous day
' I was happy,' Jessica said
Jessica said that she had been happy