Show:
STATEMENTS.
QUESTIONS.
COMMANDS AND REQUESTS.
GOING BACKWARDS.
TENSE CHANGE?
100
"It's a marvelous show." The Daily Mail
The Daily Mail said it was a marvelous show.
100
He said to me: “Can you swim?”
He asked me if I could swim
100
John said to Peter, ‘Go away.’
John ordered Peter to go away.
100
Josh said that he could swim well
Josh says: " I can swim well."
100

Laura: "The sun sets at 5:46pm"

No change - Fact

Laura says the sun sets at 5:46pm.

200
Report what Tessa said using the reporting verb given. "It was me. I ate all the cake yesterday." (Admit)
Tessa admited it had been her. She had eaten all the cake the previous day. or Tessa admited she had eaten all the cake the previous day
200
She said to me: “Why do your parents live in Greece?”
She asked me why my parents lived in Greece.
200
He said to me, "Please wait here till I return."
He requested me to wait there till he returned.
200
The gardener wondered if the flowers had died.
The gardener said: "Have the flowers died?"
200

Zack: The bus leaves at 8.

No change - Fact

He says the train leaves at 8.

300
I said to them: “When we’ve finished this game we’ll have dinner.”
I told them when we had finished that game we would have dinner.
300
I said to him: “Does she know what she’s doing?”
I asked him if she knew what she was doing.
300
‘Call the first witness,’ said the judge.
The judge ordered them to call the first witness
300
Angela told him not to wait for the delivery.
Angela said to him: "Don't wait for the delivery."
300

Lisa: Did you complete the report?

We can change it or leave it in simple past.

Lisa asked me if I completed the report.

Lisa asked me if I had completed the report.

400
Matthew: Emma and I are getting married. Rache: Really? But you said last week ______________________________________.
...you weren't getting married.
400
The tourists. Want to know. "Can we take pictures of the monuments?"
The tourists wanted to know if/whether they could take pictures of the monuments.
400
My mom told me: "Clean your bedroom and don't go out tonight"
My mom ordered me to clean my bedroom and not to go out tonight.
400
Laura said she was going away the following day.
Laura said: "I'm going away tomorrow."
400

Chris: I will be there in 5 minutes.

No change - Immediate report.

Chris says that he will be here in 5 minutes.

500
Report what the person said using the reporting verb given. Adrian. Tell. " I'm sorry I was rude. I had a really bad day and I didn't think clearly yesterday. I want to start all over again and I hope you can forgive me. Tomorrow in the morning I will call you."
Adrian told me (or other pronoun) (that)he was sorry he had been rude. He had had a really bad day and he hadn't thought clearly the previous day. He wanted to start all over again and (that) he hoped I (or other pronoun) could forgive him. The next day in the morning he would call me (or other pronoun)
500
Interviewer. Want to know "Where do you live? Have you worked before? and Can you work on Saturdays? also How much do you hope to earn? and Do you have time availability?"
The interviewer wanted to know where I lived, if I had worked previously and if I could work on Saturdays. Also (he asked me) how much I hoped to earn and If I had time availability.
500

He said to her father: "Please, please, let me go to the party"

He asked/begged his father to let him go to the party.

500
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.
500

Ron: You must stay there.

Had to or must can be used.

Ron said we had to/must stay here.