STATEMENTS.
"I'm not feeling very well" Peter
Peter said that he wasn't feeling very well.
"Do you speak English?"
They asked me...
They asked me if/whether I spoke English.
John said to Peter, ‘Go away.’
John ordered/told Peter to go away.
Josh said that he could swim well
Josh says: " I can swim well."
"Is this the real life? " Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury asked if that was the real life.
"I am going to buy the tickets for tomorrow." Mike to Karen
Mike said to/told Karen that he was going to buy the tickets for the next/ the following day.
He said to me, "Please wait here till I return."
He asked/requested me to wait there till he returned.
The gardener wondered if the flowers had died.
"Have the flowers died?"
"What's the name of the game?"
She asked what the name of the game was.
We saw you 2 weeks ago" - Nina's friend
Nina's friend told her that they had seen her 2 weeks before.
"How many people came to the party?" Mary asked.
Mary asked how many people had come to the party.
‘You should eat more fruit’ said the doctor.
The doctor advised me to eat more fruit.
Angela told him not to wait for the delivery.
"Don't wait for the delivery."
"Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away" John Lennon
John Lennon sang that the previous day all his troubles had seemed so far away.
Mum said: “We’ll have dinner when you've finished this game.”
Mum said to us/told us (that) we would have dinner when we had finished that game.
"Can we take pictures of the monuments?" The tourists wanted to know.
The tourists wanted to know if/whether they could take pictures of the monuments.
My mom told me: "Clean your bedroom and don't go out tonight"
My mom ordered/told me to clean my bedroom and not to go out tonight.
Laura said she was going away the following day.
"I'm going away tomorrow."
"Now you're just somebody that I used to know." Gotye
Gotye sang that she was just somebody that he had used to know.
"I can't stay here with you. I have to leave this place now.' - Fiona
Fiona said that she couldn't stay there with him/them, she had to leave that place then.
Jack to Layla: "Will you join us tomorrow? What are your plans for the weekend?"
Jack asked Layla if/whether she would join them the next day and what her plans for the weekend were.
Einstein said that the important thing was not to stop questioning. That curiosity had its own reason for existing.
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Einstein.
"I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet"-Adele
Adele sang that she had been wondering if after all those years he would like to meet.
(Adele asked if/whether he would like to meet after all those years.)