Statements
"You must work harder this year!" my father said
My father said (that) I had to work harder that year.
"Have you ever been to London?" Peter asked.
Peter asked me if / whether I had ever been to London.
"Study hard for your next exam, boys!" the teacher said.
The teacher told the students to study hard for their next exam.
"Shall I help you carry your bags?" Martha said.
Martha offered to carry my bags.
"Don't visit between March and October when the weather can be very hot or very wet" Sarah said.
(USE A REPORTING VERB)
Sarah advised people not to visit between March and October when the weather can/could be very hot or very wet.
"I will come to your party next Saturday" Susan said.
Susan said (that) she would come to my party the next/ following Saturday
"What were you cooking yesterday evening? Peter asked.
Peter asked me what I had been cooking the previous evening.
"Could you open this window for me, please?" my mum asked me.
My mum asked me to open that window for her.
"If I were you, I wouldn't go to that party" Mary said.
Mary advised me not to go to that party.
"Why did you leave that job, Peter?" Mary asked.
Mary asked Peter why he had left that job.
"We are going to visit our grandparents next year" the children said.
The children said that they were going to visit their grandparents the next/ following year.
"How many exercises should I do for tomorrow?" Mary asked
Mary asked how many exercises she should do for the next / following day.
"Don't go out without your jacket tomorrow, Paul!" John said.
John told Paul not to go out without his jacket the next / following day.
"If you keep on making so much noise, I will call the police!" my neighbour said.
My neighbour threatened to call the police if we kept on making so much noise.
"No, I won't go to the meeting next Friday" Peter said.
(USE A REPORTING VERB)
Peter refused to go to the meeting the next/ following Friday.
"Someone stole the money yesterday. It may have been Peter!" she said.
She said (that) someone had stolen the money the day before/ previous day and that it might have been Peter.
"What have you been doing here lately?" Peter asked.
Peter asked us what we had been doing there lately.
"Would you mind buying some tomatoes when you go to the supermarket this afternoon, please?" Dad asked me.
Dad asked me to buy some tomatoes when I went to the supermarket that afternoon.
"Why don't we go to the cinema tonight?" Mary suggested.
Mary suggested going to the cinema that night.
A lot of people thought that the lynx was extinct in Britain.
It...
It was thought that the lynx was extinct in Britain.
"If I had known the answer, I would have told you" Mary said.
Mary said that if she had known the answer, she would have told me.
"Would you buy a Porsche if you could afford one?" Mary wants to know.
Mary wants to know if / whether I would buy a Porsche if I could afford one.
"Please, type your essays as your handwriting is so difficult to understand!" he said.
He asked me to type my essays as my handwriting was so difficult to understand.
"Yes, I committed the crime," Sam said.
Sam admitted to having committed/ committing the crime.// San admitted that he had committed the crime.
He...
He is believed to have a massive fortune.