Statements
Questions
Order, requests
Time & place expressions
100

He said: "I am going to the station". He said that ...

... he was going to the station.

100

She asked Tom: "Do you like fish?" 

She asked Tom ...

... if he liked fish.

100

Mary said to me: "Come with me." 

Mary asked me ...

... to come with her.

100

here

there

200

She said to her friend: "I have written you a letter". She said to her friend that ...

... she had written her/him a letter.

200

She asked: "Will they visit the USA?" 

She asked ...

... if they would visit the USA.

200

Tom said to his mother: "I will be home early" 

Tom promised his mother ...

... to be home early.

200

yesterday

the day before

300

The children said: "We don't like scary cartoons".

The children said that ...

... they didn't like scary cartoons.

300

My mother asked me: "What have you done?" 

My mother asked me ...

... what I had done.

300

The teacher said to her students: "Please, listen to me! 

The teacher begged her students ...

... to listen to her.

300

tomorrow

the day after, the next day, the following day

400

They said: "He broke the window". 

They said that ...

... he had broken the window.

400

She asked George :"When will you call me?" 

She asked George ...

... when he would call her.

400

The policeman said to me: "Don't move!" 

The policeman ordered me ...

... not to move.

400

last night

the night before, the previous night

500

Tom said: "I was watching TV at 6.00 pm". 

Tom said that ...

... he had been watching TV at 6.00p pm.

500

He asked: "When did you come home?" 

He asked me ...

... when I had come home.

500

Erica said: "Let's go to the cinema". 

Erica suggested ...

... going to the cinema.

500

tonight

that night