Simple Present
Robert said, `We bought a new house last week´.
Robert said that they had bought a new house last week.
The man said, the thief robbed the lady and ran down the street.
The man said that the thief had robbed the lady and had run down the street.
Lara said `I am doing my homework´
Lara said that she was doing her homework.
`Granny is making biscuits´, my sister told me.
My sister told me that granny was making biscuits.