STATEMENTS
He said: "I will be here early tomorrow"
He said that he would be there early the following day.
"Do as I say" said the instructor to the little kid.
The instructor told/asked the little kid to do as he/she said.
She said that she had finished the report and that she would send it later.
“I finished the report and I’ll send it later.”
He said that what was that noise
he ASKED WHAT that noise WAS
He said to us: "I would like to thank you all for the present that you sent me"
He said to us (he told us) that he would like to thank us all for the present that we had sent him.
"Come here, boy", the old lady said.
The old lady asked the boy to go there.
He said that the client was not satisfied.
“The client is not satisfied.”
We said that if did they want to come with us.
We ASKED IF they WANTED to come with us.
I said: "Mary, I came here to meet your parents, not to see your friends"
I told Mary that I had gone there to meet her parents and not to see her friends.
"Don't wait till tomorrow", the advertisement said, "send the coupon today"
The advertisement told people/us/readers/viewers not to wait till the following day and to send the coupon on that (same) day.
THey asked me if I wanted to see the cathedral.
"Do you want to see the cathedral?", they asked me.
The bus driver said to everybody to not stand.
The bus driver ASKED/TOLD everybody NOT TO stand.
She said : "I'll come with you as soon as I am ready, and right now I am not ready"
She said that she would come with us/him/them... as soon as she was ready and that she still wasn't ready/ that she wasn't ready yet.
"Wear a wig and nobody will know who you are", said Mr Puigdemont's personal advisor.
Mr Puigdemont's personal advisor told him to wear a wig so that nobody would recognize him /recommended that he should wear a wig and added that nobody would recognize him
I told them I had finished my school project the day before and had nothing to do at that moment.
"I finished my school project yesterday and now I have nothing to do", I said.
His secretary asked when was he leaving
His secretary asked when HE WAS leaving