TENSE SHIFT
“I eat lunch at noon,” he said.
He said (that) he eats lunch at noon.
“I’ll call you tomorrow,” she said.
She said (that) she would call me the next day/today.
“Be the change you wish to see in the world,” said Gandhi.
Gandhi said (that) we should be the change we wish to see in the world.
“I’m hungry,” the child said.
The child said (that) he/she was hungry.
“Close the window,” the teacher said.
The teacher told us to close the window.
“She is reading a book,” Tom said.
Tom said (that) she was reading a book.
“We met yesterday,” he said.
He said (that) they had met the day before/past yesterday.
“To be or not to be, that is the question,” said Hamlet.
Hamlet said (that) to be or not to be was the question.
“Can you help me with this bag?” she asked.
She asked if I could help her with the bag.
“I didn’t take your book,” John said
John said (that) he hadn’t taken my book.
“We went to the beach yesterday,” they said.
They said (that) they had gone to the beach the day before.
“I’m going to the doctor today,” Sarah said.
Sarah said (that) she was going to the doctor that day.
“I have a dream,” said Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. said (that) he had a dream.
"Don’t forget your keys,” my mom said.
My mom told me not to forget my keys.
“I’ll be late,” Maria said to her boss.
Maria told her boss (that) she would be late.
“I have finished my project,” she said.
She said (that) she had finished her project.
“I saw him last week,” she said.
She said (that) she had seen him the week before.
"Knowledge is power,” said Francis Bacon.
Francis Bacon said (that) knowledge is power.
“We’re meeting at the café,” they said.
They said (that) they were meeting at the café.
“Are you coming with us?” they asked.
They asked if I was coming with them.
"They will arrive at 5 PM,” he said.
He said (that) they would arrive at 5 PM.
“I will leave next Monday,” he said.
He said (that) he would leave the following Monday.
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” said F.D. Roosevelt.
Roosevelt said (that) the only thing we had to fear was fear itself.
“I can’t come to the party tonight,” he said.
He said (that) he couldn’t come to the party that night.
“We have been waiting for hours,” they complained.
They complained (that) they had been waiting for hours.